ㄍㄨㄥㄎㄨㄟˊㄎㄨㄟˋgōngkuī‑yíkuì

功亏一篑
gōngkuī‑yīkuìㄍㄨㄥ ㄎㄨㄟ ㄧ ㄎㄨㄟˋ
  1. 一座最後無法完成比喻最後一點兒成功惋惜意思 著作沒有完成過世功虧一簣遺憾!」。

lit. 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)​