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		Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
		功虧一簣	功亏一篑	[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)/	6045	1
		簣	篑	[kui4]	/basket for carrying soil/	7120	1

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