功亏一篑
gōngkuī-yíkuìTraditional 功虧一簣
to fall short of success at the last step
Every meaning
gōngkuī-yīkuì
- to fall short of success at the last step
Its characters
Words with 功
Words with 亏
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.