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功亏一篑 / 功虧一簣

gōng kuī yī kuì

Meaning

  • literally to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful
  • to fail through lack of a final effort
  • to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom)

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