Fall short
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w é ISH āǐǐ Ku ì, which means that success or failure is on the verge of success. From the Analects of Confucius · Zihan.
Analysis of Idioms
Near synonym: fall short of success
The origin of Idioms
In the Analects of Confucius, Zihan said: "for example, the mountain is not a failure. Stop, I stop too. "
Idiom usage
Used as an attributive; used of things.
Chinese PinYin : wéi shān zhǐ kuì
Fall short
burn the bridge after crossing it. guò qiáo chōu bǎn
reflect credit on one's forefathers. róng zōng yào zǔ
a hundred mouths cannot explain it away. bǎi huì mò biàn
cannot distinguish between real and false. zhēn wěi mò biàn
Separate friends and introduce them. fēn péng yǐn lèi