- 篑 簣 kui4
- basket for carrying soil
strokes | 18 |
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radical | |
strokes after radical | 12 |
- 功亏一篑 功虧一簣 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)