| 功败垂成 |
gōng bài chuí chéng |
to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure / to fall at the last hurdle / snatching defeat from the jaws of victory |
| 功 |
gōng |
meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics) |
| 败 |
bài |
to defeat / to damage / to lose (to an opponent) / to fail / to wither |
| 垂 |
chuí |
to hang (down) / droop / dangle / bend down / hand down / bequeath / nearly / almost / to approach |
| 成 |
Chéng |
surname Cheng / short name for Chengdu 成都 |
| 成 |
chéng |
to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth |