前功盡廢
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) |
abolish; crippled | ||
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| trad. (前功盡廢) | 前功 | 盡 | 廢 | |
| simp. (前功尽废) | 前功 | 尽 | 废 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: qiángōngjìnfèi
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄈㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ciángongjìnfèi
- Wade–Giles: chʻien2-kung1-chin4-fei4
- Yale: chyán-gūng-jìn-fèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyangongjinnfey
- Palladius: цяньгунцзиньфэй (cjanʹgunczinʹfɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ feɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cin4 gung1 zeon6 fai3
- Yale: chìhn gūng jeuhn fai
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsin4 gung1 dzoen6 fai3
- Guangdong Romanization: qin4 gung1 zên6 fei3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɵn²² fɐi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
前功盡廢
- synonym of 前功盡棄 / 前功尽弃 (qiángōngjìnqì, “all previous achievements go down the drain; all the previous effort is wasted”)