English translation for "为山九仞,功亏一篑"

The lack of one basketful of earth spoils the entire effort to build a nine-""ren"" mountain.A failure is still a failure even though it came very near to success.

Related Translations:

世事往往会功亏一篑:  there's many a slip'twixt the cuand the lipthere's many a slip‘twixt the cup and the lip

仞:  量词(古时八尺或七尺叫做一仞) ren, an ancient measure of length equal to seven or eight chi 短语和例子为山九仞, 功亏一篑。 the lack of one basketful of earth spoils the entire effort to build a nine-ren mountain

千仞:  chihirosenjin

吴仞之:  renzhi wuwu renzhi

裘千仞:  ogrhqiu qianren

闪电千仞剑:  good sword

凤翔千仞:  flying phoenix

壁立千仞:  stand bolt upright -- a precipice; a cliff that rises a thousand feet sheer; a precipice standing 8,000 feet high

闪电千仞箫:  good xiao

the lodger:  寄宿人

Similar Words：

"为丧失能力作安排" English translation, "为色情照片作模特" English translation, "为森" English translation, "为莎拉效劳" English translation, "为山" English translation, "为山九仞，功亏一篑" English translation, "为善" English translation, "为善自得其乐" English translation, "为善最乐" English translation, "为伤残及工伤康复人士而设的课程" English translation