一篑之功 — “The effort of a single basket of earth”
一篑之功 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “the final crucial effort required to complete a task or achieve success, often emphasizing the danger of abandoning a project at its very last stage and thus nullifying all prior work”. Literally, “The effort of a single basket of earth”.
一篑之功 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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What does 一篑之功 mean?
一篑之功 (yī kuì zhī gōng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “the final crucial effort required to complete a task or achieve success, often emphasizing the danger of abandoning a project at its very last stage and thus nullifying all prior work”.
How do you pronounce 一篑之功?
一篑之功 is pronounced yī kuì zhī gōng in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 一篑之功 literally mean?
Literally, 一篑之功 means “the effort of a single basket of earth”. It is used to mean “the final crucial effort required to complete a task or achieve success, often emphasizing the danger of abandoning a project at its very last stage and thus nullifying all prior work”.
What is the Chinese definition of 一篑之功?
篑：盛土的筐。指成功前的最后一筐土。比喻成功前的最后一份努力。