high merit that one can never repay (idiom); invaluable achievements
trad. 功高不賞
Also written 功高不賞【gōng gāo bù shǎng】
Characters in this word
4功
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
meritorious deed or service, achievement, result, service, accomplishment, work (physics)
- Pinyin
- gōng
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 27779 of 2500
高
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
surname Gao
- Pinyin
- Gāo
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 681 of 2500
不
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
赏
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to bestow (a reward), to give (to an inferior), to hand down, a reward (bestowed by a superior), to appreciate (beauty)
- Pinyin
- shǎng
- Traditional
- 賞
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 16930 of 2500