"meritorious deed" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
功勋功勛	gōng xūn	achievement / meritorious deed / contributions (for the good of society)	syn
劳勞	láo	(bound form) to toil / labor / (bound form) laborer / (bound form) meritorious deed / (bound form) fatigue / to put sb to the trouble (of doing sth) / to express one's appreciation (Taiwan pr. [lao4])	syn
善举善舉	shàn jǔ	meritorious deed / benevolent act	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
作为作為	zuò wéi	one's conduct / deed / activity / accomplishment / achievement / to act as / as (in the capacity of) / qua / to view as / to look upon (sth as) / to take sth to be	syn
修好	xiū hǎo	to repair (sth broken) / to restore (sth damaged) / to establish friendly relations with / (literary) to do meritorious deeds	syn
业業	yè	line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already	syn
先进先進	xiān jìn	sophisticated / advanced (technology etc) / meritorious / exemplary (deeds etc)	syn
功劳功勞	gōng láo	contribution / meritorious service / credit	syn
事迹事跡	shì jì	deed / past achievement / important event of the past	syn
庆功慶功	qìng gōng	to celebrate a heroic deed
地契	dì qì	title deed (for land) / CL:張\|张[zhang1],份[fen4]
功臣	gōng chén	meritorious official / person who renders exceptional service / hero / (fig.) sth that plays a vital role	syn
立功	lì gōng	to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3]) / to make worthy contributions / to distinguish oneself
亏心事虧心事	kuī xīn shì	shameful deed	syn
军功軍功	jūn gōng	(military) meritorious service	syn
佳话佳話	jiā huà	story or deed that captures the imagination and is spread far and wide	syn
丰功豐功	fēng gōng	brilliant (exploit) / meritorious (achievement)	syn
好事	hǎo shì	good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead	syn
功业功業	gōng yè	achievement / outstanding work / glorious deed	syn
恶事惡事	è shì	malicious deed / misdeed / disaster / catastrophe
义行義行	yì xíng	virtuous deed
举舉	jǔ	to lift / to hold up / to cite / to enumerate / to act / to raise / to choose / to elect / act / move / deed	syn
功	gōng	meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics)	syn
契	qì	to carve / carved words / to agree / a contract / a deed	syn
行好	xíng hǎo	to be charitable / to do a good deed	syn
房契	fáng qì	deed (for a house) / CL:張\|张[zhang1],份[fen4]
将功赎罪將功贖罪	jiāng gōng shú zuì	to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts
报功報功	bào gōng	to report a heroic deed / to mention sb in dispatches
勋业勛業	xūn yè	meritorious achievement	syn
契据契據	qì jù	deed	syn
缺德事	quē dé shì	misdeed / immoral action / wicked deed / a deliberate wrongdoing	syn
救人一命胜造七级浮屠救人一命勝造七級浮屠	jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú	saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
仁心仁术仁心仁術	rén xīn rén shù	benevolent heart and skillful execution (idiom, from Mencius) / charitable in thought and deed
非实质性的非實質性的		non-meritorious
庶吉士	shù jí shì	title of the temporary position in the Hanlin Academy 翰林院[Han4 lin2 yuan4] conferred on meritorious candidates until the next examination
立军功立軍功	lì jūn gōng	to render meritorious military service
劵	quàn	variant of 券 / bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half) / contract / deed (i.e. title deeds) / ticket / voucher / certificate
好事不出门，恶事传千里好事不出門，惡事傳千里	hǎo shì bù chū mén , è shì chuán qiān lǐ	lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles / a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)
一言一动一言一動	yī yán yī dòng	(one's) every word and deed (idiom)
日行一善	rì xíng yī shàn	to do a good deed every day
补天浴日補天浴日	bǔ tiān - yù rì	lit. Nüwa mends the Heavens and Xihe bathes the Sun (idiom) / fig. (of an achievement, deed, undertaking etc) grand / magnificent / unparalleled	syn

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"meritorious deed" Chinese-English Dictionary

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