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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 功虧一簣 [ㄍㄨㄥ ㄎㄨㄟ ㄧ ㄎㄨㄟˋ; gong1 kui1 yi1 kui4]
 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)
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