功成名就
gōng chéng míng jiù
Pinyin

Definition

功成名就
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gōng chéng míng jiù
  1. to win success and recognition (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

名
míng
  1. 1 name
  2. 2 noun (part of speech)
  3. 3 place (e.g. among winners)
  4. 4 famous
  5. 5 classifier for people
就
jiù
  1. 1 at once
  2. 2 right away
  3. 3 only
  4. 4 just (emphasis)
  5. 5 as early as
  6. 6 already
  7. 7 as soon as
  8. 8 then
  9. 9 in that case
  10. 10 as many as
  11. 11 even if
  12. 12 to approach
  13. 13 to move towards
  14. 14 to undertake
  15. 15 to engage in
  16. 16 to suffer
  17. 17 subjected to
  18. 18 to accomplish
  19. 19 to take advantage of
  20. 20 to go with (of foods)
  21. 21 with regard to
  22. 22 concerning
成就
chéng jiù
  1. 1 accomplishment
  2. 2 success
  3. 3 achievement
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 to achieve (a result)
  6. 6 to create
  7. 7 to bring about
出名
chū míng
  1. 1 well-known for sth
  2. 2 to become well known
  3. 3 to make one's mark
切成
qiē chéng
  1. 1 to cut up (into pieces)
  2. 2 to slice
  3. 3 to carve
  4. 4 to dice
  5. 5 to shred

Idioms (20)

一切就绪
yī qiè jiù xù
  1. 1 everything in its place and ready (idiom)
一失足成千古恨
yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn
  1. 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
一成不变
yī chéng bù biàn
  1. 1 nothing much changes (idiom); always the same
  2. 2 stuck in a rut
一语成谶
yī yǔ chéng chèn
  1. 1 (idiom) to have one's words turn out to be (tragically) prophetic
一蹴而就
yī cù ér jiù
  1. 1 to get there in one step (idiom); easily done
  2. 2 success at a stroke
  3. 3 to get results overnight

Sample Sentences

能不能别总在那儿一本正经地胡说八道，说点有用的，我自问也是挺努力上进的人，明明知道这辈子要出人头地应该是没指望了，可是内心却还是有点儿小悸动渴望着功成名就呀。
néngbùnéng bié zǒng zài nàr yīběnzhèngjing de húshuōbādào ，shuō diǎnr yǒuyòngde ，wǒ zì wèn yě shì tǐng nǔlì shàngjìn de rén ，míngmíng míng zhīdào zhèbèizi yào chūréntóudì yīnggāi shì méi zhǐwàng le ，kěshì nèixīn què háishì yǒudiǎnr xiǎo jìdòng kěwàng zhe gōngchéngmíngjiù ya 。
Can you not with the deadpan nonsense? Say something useful. Asking questions of myself is also me trying my best to improve myself. Although I'm clear in the knowledge that in this lifetime I've got no hope of standing out, inside I still have hunger for success and fame.
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