功败垂成 Save Create a free account to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 功敗垂成 gōngbàichuíchéng ㄍㄨㄥ ㄅㄞˋ ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄔㄥˊ 男 女 to fail within sight of success (idiom) last-minute failure to fall at the last hurdle snatching defeat from the jaws of victory Character by character 功(gōng)meritorious deed or service 败(bài)defeat 垂(chuí)hang 成(chéng)succeed Sign up for a free account to save words and review them A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0