一篑之功的英文

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the last basket of earth that helps in building mound; the effort that brings about the final success

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篑 basket for holding earth
功 exploit; merit; meritorious ...
之功能 guard baffle filter
功亏一篑 (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
不世之功 matchless merit [deed]; magnificant contributions
非一日之功 cannot be done in a short time; rome was not built in a day.; take time and efforts
火之功效 effect of fire
毛发之功 a deed as tiny as hair; tiny deeds; small contributions
贪天之功 lay claim to what one has done nothing to deserve; have inordinate ambitions
一得之功 occasional success; a minor success 沾沾自喜于一得之功 feel self-satisfied over just a minor success; occasional and small success
招架之功 parry sb.'s blows; ward off blows 只有招架之功, 并无还手之力 can only parry sb.'s blows without being able to hit back; only able to defend oneself but unable to hit back; with strength enough only for defence but not to hit back
加强平喘之功 reinforce the asthma-relieving effect
为山九仞,功亏一篑 The lack of one basketful of earth spoils the entire effort to build a nine-""ren"" mountain.A failure is still a failure even though it came very near to success.
为山九仞，功亏一篑 the lack of one basketful of earth spoils the entire effort to build a nine-""ren"" mountain.; a failure is still a failure even though it came very near to success
非一朝一夕之功 not the work of a single day
加强主药之功效 enhance the effect of the principal drug
贪天之功据为己有 appropriate to oneself the meritorious services of others; arrogate to oneself the credit of others; credit other people's achievements to oneself; shamelessly take all the credit for [to] oneself; take credit for the achievements of others; take credit to oneself; take the credit of other people's achievements for oneself
伟业非一日之功 rome was not built in a day
功亏一篑，几乎取得成功 within an ace of winning
世事往往会功亏一篑 there's many a slip'twixt the cuand the lip; there's many a slip‘twixt the cup and the lip
沾沾自喜于一得之功 occasional and small success
只有招架之功,并无还手之力 can only parry sb.'s blows without being able to hit backonly able to defend oneself but unable to hit backwith strength enough only for defence but not to hit back
伟业非一日之功, 罗马城非一夕建成 rome was not built in a day
伟业非一日之功）（冰冻三尺非一日之寒 rome wasn't built in a day