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功败垂成
gōng bài chuí chéng
What 功败垂成 means
- to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure
- to fall at the last hurdle
- 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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