RADICAL | ⽵ (118.12) |
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STROKES | 18 |
SIMPLIFIED | 篑 |
a bamboo basket for carrying earth
功虧一簣 gōng kuī yī kuì | 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) |