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功亏一篑

功
功
亏
虧
一
一
篑
簣
lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful / to fail through lack of a final effort / to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom)

Characters and words in 功亏一篑

功
gōng = gu + (e)ng1
meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics)
Add a new mnemonic for 功 = 力 + 工
亏
虧
kuī = ku + ei1
deficiency / deficit / luckily / it's lucky that... / (often ironically) fancy that...
Add a new mnemonic for 亏 = 二 + ㇉
Add a new mnemonic for 亏 = 一 + 丂
一
yī = y + Ø1
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
Add a new mnemonic for 一 =
篑
簣
kuì = ku + ei4
basket for carrying soil
Add a new mnemonic for 篑 = 竹 + 贵
Add a new mnemonic for 簣 = 竹 + 貴

Words with 功亏一篑

功亏一篑 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 功亏一篑

功亏一篑 currently does not appear in any sentence.
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