大功告成

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Chinese

major achievement; great deed to declare a completion
simp. and trad.
(大功告成) 		大功 告成

Etymology

From s:zh:漢書/卷099上

十萬眾並集，平作二旬，大功畢成。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
十万众并集，平作二旬，大功毕成。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE
Shí wàn zhòng bìng jí, píng zuò èr xún, dà gōng bì chéng.
Ten thousand people gathered, and in the span of twenty days, they finished building it.

Pronunciation

Idiom

大功告成

  1. (of a project, work, etc.) to be accomplished; to be crowned with success
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