功亏一篑(gōng kuī yī kuì): lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful
4 charactersTrad. 功虧一簣
lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- gōng kuī yī kuì
- Meaning
- lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 功虧一簣
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 功亏一篑 — tap one to open its word page.
gōng功fū夫
HSK 3skill
xià下gōng功fū夫
HSK 7-9variant of 下工夫[xia4 gong1 fu5]
gōng功lì力
HSK 7-9merit
gōng功láo劳
HSK 7-9contribution
gōng功dǐ底
HSK 7-9training in the basic skills
gōng功xiào效
HSK 7-9efficacy
shì事bèi倍gōng功bàn半
(idiom) to expend twice the effort for half the result
shì事bàn半gōng功bèi倍
(idiom) to achieve twice the result with half the effort
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