功成名就 — Chinese idiom
功成名就
gōng chéng míng jiù
Meaning
- to win success and recognition
Character by character
- 功gōngachievement, good work; merit; service
- 成chéngto accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish;
- 名míngname; position, rank, title
- 就jiùjust, simply; to go to; to approach, near
Idioms sharing a character
- 事倍功半 shì bèi gōng bàn
- 事半功倍 shì bàn gōng bèi
- 前功尽弃 qián gōng jìn qì
- 功不可没 gōng bù kě mò
- 功名利禄 gōng míng lì lù
- 功完行满 gōng wán xíng mǎn
- 功德圆满 gōng dé yuán mǎn
- 功德无量 gōng dé wú liàng
- 功成不居 gōng chéng bù jū
- 功败垂成 gōng bài chuí chéng
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