功ㄍㄨㄥ敗ㄅㄞˋ垂ㄔㄨㄟˊ成ㄔㄥˊgōngbài‑chuíchéng

简功败垂成

  1. 事情在即將成功時卻失敗了。也作「功墮垂成」。例 「諸葛亮一生志在興復漢室，結果功敗垂成，令人浩歎」。

英to fail within sight of success (idiom)​; last-minute failure, to fall at the last hurdle, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory