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Definition(s) for: 功败垂成

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
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

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
- - 46,652 61,795 40,366

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
gōng- meritorious deed or service
- achievement
- result
- service
- accomplishment
- work (physics)
bài- to defeat
- to damage
- to lose (to an opponent)
- to fail
- to wither
chuí- to hang (down)
- droop
- dangle
- bend down
- hand down
- bequeath
- nearly
- almost
- to approach
chéng- surname Cheng
- short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2du1]
chéng- to succeed
- to finish
- to complete
- to accomplish
- to become
- to turn into
- to be all right
- OK!
- one tenth

Other Words Containing 功败垂成

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
功败垂成 - - 46,652 61,795 40,366