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 sth)	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 ㄍㄨㄥㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄈㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ gung¹ zeon⁶ fai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiángōngjìnfèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄥㄐㄧㄣˋ 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

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

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