前功尽弃

Traditional: 前功盡棄

qián gōng jìn qì

Dictionary entry

to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom)

What does 前功尽弃 mean?

前功尽弃 (qián gōng jìn qì) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom)

2all that has been achieved goes down the drain

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前qiánfront · forward 功gōngmeritorious deed or service · achievement 尽jǐnto the greatest extent · (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme 弃qìto abandon · to relinquish

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前功尽弃

qián gōng jìn qì

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