Our free Chinese learning series introduces idioms and proverbs. These timeless phrases hold valuable meanings and are worth studying. Today’s idiom is 「大工告成」, detailed below.
Our focus this time is on the idiom 「大工告成」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.
Refers to the declaration of completion of a huge project or important task. Same as “Mission accomplished”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dà gōng gào chéng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
daai6 gung1 gou3 sing4
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.

