大功
dà gōng
Pinyin

Definition

大功
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dà gōng
  1. great merit
  2. great service

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

功能
gōng néng
  1. 1 function
  2. 2 capability
大
dà
  1. 1 big
  2. 2 huge
  3. 3 large
  4. 4 major
  5. 5 great
  6. 6 wide
  7. 7 deep
  8. 8 older (than)
  9. 9 oldest
  10. 10 eldest
  11. 11 greatly
  12. 12 very much
  13. 13 (dialect) father
  14. 14 father's elder or younger brother
大吉
dà jí
  1. 1 very auspicious
  2. 2 extremely lucky
大家
dà jiā
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 influential family
  3. 3 great expert
大奖
dà jiǎng
  1. 1 prize
  2. 2 award

Idioms (20)

不成功便成仁
bù chéng gōng biàn chéng rén
  1. 1 to succeed or die trying (idiom)
不求有功，但求无过
bù qiú yǒu gōng , dàn qiú wú guò
  1. 1 lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a risk-averse approach
不识大体
bù shí dà tǐ
  1. 1 to fail to see the larger issue (idiom)
  2. 2 to fail to grasp the big picture
久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
  1. 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
事半功倍
shì bàn gōng bèi
  1. 1 half the work, twice the effect (idiom); the right approach saves effort and leads to better results
  2. 2 a stitch in time saves nine

Sample Sentences

是啊。总算快要大功告成了。到时候我们一定要好好庆祝一下。
shì a 。zǒngsuàn kuài yào dàgōnggàochéng le 。dào shíhou wǒmen yīdìng yào hǎohāo qìngzhù yīxià 。
Yes. It looks like we're finally going to finish off this major project. When we do, we should definitely celebrate.
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终于大功告成了，您说是不是名师出高徒啊？那釉彩呢？怎么上？
zhōngyú dàgōnggàochéng le ，nín shuō shìbùshì míngshīchūgāotú ā ？nà yòucǎi ne ？zěnme shàng ？
We’ve finally finished it! A great pupil worthy of a great teacher, no? So what about the glaze? How do you apply it?
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不一样。纪念碑是近代才有的，一般用来纪念战争胜利，革命先烈啊什么的。牌坊是古代就有的，在古代一般要得到皇帝的恩赐才可以建牌坊。比如皇帝认为你是一个很有德行的人，或者你曾经立过大功，就可能赐给你一座功德牌坊，以表彰和宣扬你的功德。
bù yīyàng 。jìniànbēi shì jìndài cái yǒu de ，yībān yònglái jìniàn zhànzhēng shènglì ，gémìng xiānliè a shénme de 。páifāng shì gǔdài jiù yǒu de ，zài gǔdài yībān yào dédào huángdì de ēncì cái kěyǐ jiàn páifāng 。bǐrú huángdì rènwéi nǐ shì yī gè hěn yǒu déxíng de rén ，huò zhě nǐ céngjīng lì guo dàgōng ，jiù kěnéng cìgěi nǐ yī zuò gōngdé páifāng ，yǐ biǎozhāng hé xuānyáng nǐ de gōngdé 。
They're not the same. Commemorative monuments are more recent and typically commemorate war victories, revolutionary martyrs and such. Commemorative arches are from ancient times and normally required the emperor's blessing before they could be built. For example, if the emperor thought you to be a very virtuous person or you performed some outstanding service, the emperor could potentially gift you an arch to reward and honor you.
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听你这么一说，我终于有些理解为什么导演们要在武术、音乐、服饰、建筑以及自然风光上下这么大功夫了。不过我还是觉得，中国文化的吸引力不仅仅在于这些表面的东西，更在于一些思想方面的东西。李安的《卧虎藏龙》得奖，很大程度上是因为这部影片反映了不同于西方的东方传统道德观念。
tīng nǐ zhème yī shuō ，wǒ zhōngyú yǒuxiē lǐjiě wèishénme dǎoyǎnmen yào zài wǔshù 、yīnyuè 、fúshì 、jiànzhù yǐjí zìrán fēngguāng shàng xià zhème dà gōngfū le 。bùguò wǒ hái shì juéde ，zhōngguówénhuà de xīyǐnlì bùjǐnjǐn zàiyú zhèxiē biǎomiàn de dōngxi ，gèng zàiyú yīxiē sīxiǎng fāngmiàn de dōngxi 。Lǐ Ān de 《wòhǔcánglóng 》déjiǎng ，hěn dà chéngdùshàng shì yīnwèi zhè bù yǐngpiàn fǎnyìng le bùtóngyú xīfāng de dōngfāng chuántǒngdàodé guānniàn 。
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