歌功頌德

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Chinese

song
merit; achievement; result
merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment
 
to praise
Germany; virtue; goodness
Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind
 
trad. (歌功頌德)
simp. (歌功颂德)

Etymology

From 史記·周本紀 (Records of the Grand Historian: Annals of Zhou)


From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
Mín jiē yuè zhī, sòng.
The people all sang his praises and eulogized his virtues.

Pronunciation


Idiom

歌功頌德

  1. (now derogatory) to sing somebody's praises; to heap praises and eulogies