| 单词 | 功亏一篑 |
| 释义 | 文馨英漢☞功虧一簣功亏一篑 gōngkuīyīkuìfall short of success for lack of a final effort功亏一篑gōngkuīyīkuìlit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketfulto fail through lack of a final effortto spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom)功亏一篑to fall short of success for lack of a final effort; to fail to build a mountain for want of one basketful of earth功亏一篑 gōng kuī yí kuì （比喻一件大事只差最后一点人力物力而不能成功） lack a basketful -- work not completed; abandon work that has been seriously undertaken; be just one step short of success (completion); between the cup and the lip; fail to succeed for lack of a final effort; fall short of completion by one basket of earth; fail on the eve of complete success; fail to build a mound for want of the last basket of earth; fail to make the final effort (finishing touch); just fall short of final completion; fall short of success at the last stage: 为什么你不继续编纂你的词典呢?功亏一篑， 你不觉得可惜吗? Why do you discontinue compiling your dictionary? Don't you think it a pity to give it up when it is nearly completed? 功亏一篑[gōng kuī yī kuì] 伪古文《尚书·旅獒》：‘为山九仞，功亏一篑。’堆九仞高的土山，只差一筐土而不能完成。 (from the pseudo-historical writing Classics of Documents·Dog from Lu) fail to build a mound for want of one final basket of earth;〈比喻 fig.〉一件大事只差最后一点儿人力物力而不能成功（含惋惜意 in regret）come short of; fall short of success for lack of a final effort功亏一篑1. to fail to build a mound for want of one final basket of earth; to fall short of success for lack of a final effort功亏一篑fail to build a mound for want of one final basket of earth—fall short of success for lack of a final effort |
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