前功盡棄

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

2 Written Forms

Meanings

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

Written Forms

前功盡棄Traditional · Main Form
前功尽弃Alternate Form

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