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前功盡棄 (cin4 gung1 zeon6 hei3) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

前功盡棄 (cin4 gung1 zeon6 hei3, qián gōng jìn qì) — to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom); all that has been achieved goes down the drain

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 前世唔修 (cin4 sai3 m4 sau1) — an act of karma on one's unfortunate events (spoken)
• 前世撈亂骨頭 (cin4 sai3 lou1 lyun6 gwat1 tau4) — mutual enmity; describes a situation where two or more parties are always havin…
• 前仆后繼 (cin4 puk1 hau6 gai3) — marching forward with courage (military)
• 前便 (cin4 bin6) — (preposition; noun; adverb) front; in front of
• 前個排 (cin4 go3 paai4) — earlier on; previously
• 前列腺癌 (cin4 lit6 sin3 ngaam4) — Prostate cancer

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