汉英词典
MEANING OF 功虧一簣
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)
亏 Lack / 篑 Earthen basket / The pile of nine high mountains cannot be completed without a basket of soil / It is likened to the fact that it is only the last point that it failed to complete
亏欠缺；篑盛土的筐子。堆九仞高的山，只缺一筐土而不能完成。比喻作事情只差最后一点没能完成。
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