前功盡棄

Chinese

		previous 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 something)	abandon; relinquish; to discard abandon; relinquish; to discard; to throw away
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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiángōngjìnqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ gung¹ zeon⁶ hei³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiân-kong-chīn-khì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiángōngjìnqì
    • 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/
• 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/
• 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/

Idiom

前功盡棄

1. all previous achievements go down the drain; all the previous effort is wasted