all one 's efforts wasted

all one 's efforts wasted

Fu zhiliu is a Chinese idiom, and the Pinyin is f ù zh ī D ō ngli ú. It means to wash away in the East water. It means that hope is lost, achievement is lost and all previous achievements are wasted, as if they are washed away with the running water. From Fengqiu County by Gao Shi of Tang Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

The poem Fengqiu County written by Gao Shi in the Tang Dynasty said, "if you want to make trouble, you need to make farmland in the south, and the world will flow to the East."

Idiom usage

In Ming Dynasty, song Yingxing's yeyi · fengshiyi: "if you can't do it, you will lose your efforts for several years." Li Yu's flounder feidun in Qing Dynasty: "since your Shamao is ~, I'm going to accompany you." "ancient and modern novels" 30: "Huiyan knows that Zen master WuJie has a bad idea It's a waste of years. "

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: all previous achievements are wasted antonym: jirichenggong