- to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom)
- all that has been achieved goes down the drain
Characters
- 前 (前): front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- 功 (功): meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics)
- 尽 (儘): to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to
- 弃 (棄): to abandon; to relinquish; to discard; to throw away
Resources
- Wiktionary: 前功尽弃
- MDBG: 前功尽弃
- Examples with 前功尽弃 on Tatoeba
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