See How Fast You Can Learn Chinese
Try our interactive spaced repetition demo—study your first words in 60 seconds
Interactive demo
Takes 60 seconds
No sign-up needed
功败垂成
gōng bài chuí chéng
Sign in to save this word to your study lists.
Definitions
- 1. to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure
- 2. to fall at the last hurdle
- 3. snatching defeat from the jaws of victory