功高盖主
Traditional form:
功高蓋主
Pinyin (reading):
gōnggāogàizhǔ
Definitions:
- lit. one's accomplishments overshadow the authority of the sovereign (idiom)
- fig. to be so influential that one rivals one's leader
Characters:
- 功 - achievement, good work; merit; service
- 高 - tall, lofty; high, elevated
- 盖 - to cover, to hide, to protect
- 主 - to own; to host; master; host; lord
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