qián gōng jìn qì

Traditional: 前功盡棄

前功尽弃 (qián gōng jìn qì) is a Chinese word meaning “to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom); all that has been achieved goes down the drain”.

Meanings

  1. 1to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom)
  2. 2all that has been achieved goes down the drain

Characters in 前功尽弃

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