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The Chinese idiom 「功高不賞」 we’re introducing today is explained in detail below, along with its meaning and usage.
Merit: merit, achievement. Reward: reward. The merit is too great to be rewarded. Used to describe the greatness of a contribution.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
gōng gāo bù shǎng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gung1 gou1 bat1 seung2
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