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前功尽弃

qián gōng jìn qì

4-character word Traditional 前功盡棄

What 前功尽弃 means

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

The characters in 前功尽弃

• 前qiánfront; forward; ahead
• 功gōngmeritorious deed or service; achievement; result
• 尽jìnto use up; to exhaust; to end
• 弃qìto abandon; to relinquish; to discard