歌功頌德

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)		歌	功	頌	德
simp. (歌功颂德)		歌	功	颂	德

Etymology

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

民皆歌樂之，頌其德。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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民皆歌乐之，颂其德。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

Mín jiē gēyuè zhī, sòng qí dé. [Pinyin]

The people all sang his praises and eulogized his virtues.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēgōngsòngdé

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): go¹ gung¹ zung⁶ dak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēgōngsòngdé
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gegongsòngdé
    • Wade–Giles: ko¹-kung¹-sung⁴-tê²
    • Yale: gē-gūng-sùng-dé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gegongsonqder
    • Palladius: гэгунсундэ (gɛgunsundɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ sʊŋ⁵¹ tɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: go¹ gung¹ zung⁶ dak¹
    • Yale: gō gūng juhng dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: go¹ gung¹ dzung⁶ dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: go¹ gung¹ zung⁶ deg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔː⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ²² tɐk̚⁵/

Idiom

歌功頌德

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