功高震主

Chinese

		merit; achievement; result merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment	high; tall	shake; shock; sign in trigram	to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary
trad. (功高震主)		功	高	震	主
simp. #(功高震主)		功	高	震	主

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōnggāozhènzhǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄍㄠ ㄓㄣˋ ㄓㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ gou¹ zan³ zyu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōnggāozhènzhǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄍㄠ ㄓㄣˋ ㄓㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gonggaojhènjhǔ
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-kao¹-chên⁴-chu³
    • Yale: gūng-gāu-jèn-jǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gonggaujennjuu
    • Palladius: гунгаочжэньчжу (gungaočžɛnʹčžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ gou¹ zan³ zyu²
    • Yale: gūng gōu jan jyú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ gou¹ dzan³ dzy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ gou¹ zen³ ju²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐn³³ t͡syː³⁵/

Idiom

功高震主

1. one's merits and contributions are so great that one's monarch or leader feels uneasy and insecure