功敗垂成 [－败－－]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  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
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    爭少少​就​得​、​接近​成功​嘅​時​候​失​敗​咗
    to fail on the verge of success
  2. 近義詞
    臨尾香
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to fail when victory is imminent
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）