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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 前功尽弃
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 前功尽弃 | qián gōng jìn qì | - to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom) - all that has been achieved goes down the drain |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 18,389 | 43,113 | 38,901 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 前 | qián | - front - forward - ahead - first - top (followed by a number) - future - ago - before - BC (e.g. 前293年) - former - formerly |
| 功 | gōng | - meritorious deed or service - achievement - result - service - accomplishment - work (physics) |
| 尽 | jǐn | - to the greatest extent - (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme - to be within the limits of - to give priority to |
| 尽 | jìn | - to use up - to exhaust - to end - to finish - to the utmost - exhausted - finished - to the limit (of sth) - all - entirely |
| 弃 | qì | - to abandon - to relinquish - to discard - to throw away |
Other Words Containing 前功尽弃
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 前功尽弃 | - | - | 18,389 | 43,113 | 38,901 |