前功尽弃
qiángōng-jìnqìTraditional 前功盡棄
all previous efforts wasted
Every meaning
qiángōng-jìnqì
- all previous efforts wasted
Its characters
- 前qiánfront; ahead
- 功gōngmerit; achievement
- 尽jìnto exhaust; to use up
- 弃qìto abandon; to discard (as in 放弃, 抛弃)
Words with 前
Words with 功
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.