waste all the previous efforts(qián gōng jìn qì)

waste all the previous efforts

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Qi á ng ōì NGJ ì NQ ì, which means that all previous efforts have been lost in vain. It comes from historical records Zhou Benji by Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Merit: credit; exhaustion: completeness; abandonment: loss. All previous credit is lost. It also means that all previous efforts are in vain. According to the policy of the Warring States period and the policy of the Western Zhou Dynasty, "Gong has made a lot of contributions. Today, he went out of the fortress with Qin soldiers. After two weeks, he practiced the Han Dynasty and attacked Liang Dynasty. Once he attacked, he was not able to do so

The origin of Idioms

In the Western Han Dynasty, Sima Qian's historical records, Zhou Benji, said: "today, our troops are going out of the fortress again. After two weeks, we are going to attack the Liang Dynasty, but we can't do it at one stroke. All our previous achievements are wasted."

Examples of Idioms

Chapter 111 of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in the Ming Dynasty: generals often appear, but they have not achieved full success; today's victory in Taoxi, the Wei people have already assumed their prestige. Why do they want to appear? If not, all previous achievements will be wasted. The 13th chapter of a dream of Red Mansions written by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "how can you go home again and get into the world of mortals and give up all your previous achievements?" Chapter 49 of Li Baojia's Officialdom: the emperor asked you to lead the army, or fight bandits, or fight foreigners. If you win, it's OK. If you lose, it's not that you should give up all your previous achievements and look for trouble.

Analysis of Idioms

It is a subject predicate idiom in which "Qiangong" is the subject and "Jinqi" is the predicate.

Idiom usage

usage

The idiom "all previous achievements are wasted" can be used as subject, predicate and object in sentences.

Make sentences

If you don't continue to work hard in this work, it is inevitable that all your previous achievements will be wasted. Because we didn't continue to work hard, all previous achievements in this work were wasted. He is afraid to give up all his previous achievements and dare not relax at all.

Chinese PinYin : qián gōng jìn qì