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功败垂成

gōng bài chuí chéng

4-character word Traditional 功敗垂成

What 功败垂成 means

1. to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure
2. to fall at the last hurdle
3. snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

The characters in 功败垂成

• 功gōngmeritorious deed or service; achievement; result
• 败bàito defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent)
• 垂chuíto hang (down); droop; dangle
• 成chéngto succeed; to finish; to complete

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