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Idiom or Proverb Per Day, 一将功成万骨枯 一将功成万骨枯 is a famous sentence deriving from a Tang Shi (唐诗,poetry of the Tang Dynasty), it means literally that a general achieves goals or benefits (from the wars) while ten thousand of bones rot. 一, one 将, noun. general 功, noun. Exploit or achievement 成, verb. To realize or to achieve 万, ten thousand 骨, noun. Bone 枯, verb. To rot or to withered. Actually ten thousand is not exactly ten thousand, but refers to extremely many. And the bones is a metaphor of the soldiers, and 万骨枯 means many many soldiers have sacrificed their lives in the wars. This sentence dates back to about 1200 years ago and it’s really revealed a cruel and unfair truth that in a group the inferior-hierarchy persons always sacrifice for the superior-hierarchy persons. The inferiors suffer while the superiors gain benefits, honors, and statuses. E.g. 业务员们奔波劳碌、废寝忘食拼出来的业绩,竟成为主管晋升加薪的资本,真可谓一将功成万骨枯。 Here I add the entire poem below, 《己亥岁》 ——曹松 泽国江山入战图, 生民何计乐樵苏。 凭君莫话封侯事, 一将功成万骨枯。 The picture below is a scene that describes Nanjing Massacre done by Japanese soldiers in 1937.
2012年9月5日 03:24
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@ajax, I'll make it better next time. 一将功成万骨枯 yi1 jiang4 gong1 cheng2 wan4 gu3 ku1
2012年9月5日
Can we get a pinyin pronunciation guide for those who read this entry? I popped it into Google, but it would be very convenient to have it here.
2012年9月5日
@Olga, Of course I believe its existence. I bet it's been alarming all the Chinese people to avoid the same thing once again. And I am thinking about how to restrain the brutish nature of human being all the time.
2012年9月5日
这个图片我一看就知道,这是南京大屠杀。Some people deny "Nanking Massacre" has ever been. What do you think of it? 我看过一部电影 "南京,南京". I believe it’s all truth.
2012年9月5日
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