前功盡棄
Chinese
editprevious achievements; previous deeds | to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth) |
abandon; relinquish; to discard abandon; relinquish; to discard; to throw away | ||
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trad. (前功盡棄) | 前功 | 盡 | 棄 | |
simp. (前功尽弃) | 前功 | 尽 | 弃 | |
alternative forms | 前功盡廢/前功尽废 前功皆棄/前功皆弃 前功盡滅/前功尽灭 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): cin4 gung1 zeon6 hei3
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiân-kong-chīn-khì
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ciángongjìncì
- Wade–Giles: chʻien2-kung1-chin4-chʻi4
- Yale: chyán-gūng-jìn-chì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyangongjinnchih
- Palladius: цяньгунцзиньци (cjanʹgunczinʹci)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cin4 gung1 zeon6 hei3
- Yale: chìhn gūng jeuhn hei
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsin4 gung1 dzoen6 hei3
- Guangdong Romanization: qin4 gung1 zên6 héi3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɵn²² hei̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-kong-chīn-khì
- Tâi-lô: tsiân-kong-tsīn-khì
- Phofsit Daibuun: cienkongcixnqix
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sin²²⁻²¹ kʰi²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ³³ t͡sin⁴¹⁻²² kʰi⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sin²²⁻²¹ kʰi²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sin³³⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn²³⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sin³³⁻²¹ kʰi²¹/
- (Hokkien)
Idiom
edit前功盡棄
- all previous achievements go down the drain; all the previous effort is wasted
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