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
trad. (前功盡廢)		前功	盡	廢
simp. (前功尽废)		前功	尽	废

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiángōngjìnfèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄈㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ gung¹ zeon⁶ fai³

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• 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/
• 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/

Idiom

前功盡廢

1. Synonym of 前功盡棄／前功尽弃 (qiángōngjìnqì, “all previous achievements go down the drain; all the previous effort is wasted”)