功成身退

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Chinese

merit; achievement; result
merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment
 
finish; complete; accomplish
finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth
 
body; torso; person
body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
 
retreat; to decline; to move back
retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw
 
trad. (功成身退) 退
simp. #(功成身退) 退

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Idiom

功成身退

  1. to retire after accomplishing great tasks