一將功成萬骨枯 (jat1 zoeng3 gung1 sing4 maan6 gwat1 fu1) — One general achieves renown over the dead bodies of 10,000 soldiers in Cantonese
jatˉ¹一zoeng˗₃將gungˉ¹功singˎ₄成maanˍ₆萬gwatˉ¹骨fuˉ¹枯简 一将功成万骨枯
Mandarin Pinyin: yi1 jiang4 gong1 cheng2 wan4 gu3 ku1
Meaning of 一將功成萬骨枯
nounOne general achieves renown over the dead bodies of 10,000 soldiers
nounWhat millions died that Caesar might be great;
nounone man succeeds ten thousand bones perish, which means a man's success is built upon scarifies of many people