"無功不受祿" meaning in Chinese

See 無功不受祿 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /u³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /mou̯²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sɐu̯²² lʊk̚²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 无功不受禄 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 無功不受祿
  1. to refuse to accept an undeserved reward Tags: idiomatic
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "wúgōngshòulù",
      "word": "無功受祿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wúgōngshòulù",
      "word": "无功受禄"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "无功不受禄",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "無功不受祿",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to refuse to accept an undeserved reward"
      ],
      "id": "en-無功不受祿-zh-phrase-0HZsVzan",
      "links": [
        [
          "undeserved",
          "undeserved"
        ],
        [
          "reward",
          "reward"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúgōngbùshòulù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄡˋ ㄌㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ gung¹ bat¹ sau⁶ luk⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúgōngbùshòulù [Phonetic: wúgōngbúshòulù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄡˋ ㄌㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúgongbùshòulù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wu²-kung¹-pu⁴-shou⁴-lu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wú-gūng-bù-shòu-lù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wugongbushowluh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ugunbušoulu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "угунбушоулу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ gung¹ bat¹ sau⁶ luk⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mòuh gūng bāt sauh luhk"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ gung¹ bat⁷ sau⁶ luk⁹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ gung¹ bed¹ seo⁶ lug⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sɐu̯²² lʊk̚²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "無功不受祿"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "wúgōngshòulù",
      "word": "無功受祿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wúgōngshòulù",
      "word": "无功受禄"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "无功不受禄",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "無功不受祿",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 功",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 受",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 無",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 祿",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to refuse to accept an undeserved reward"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "undeserved",
          "undeserved"
        ],
        [
          "reward",
          "reward"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúgōngbùshòulù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄡˋ ㄌㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ gung¹ bat¹ sau⁶ luk⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúgōngbùshòulù [Phonetic: wúgōngbúshòulù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄡˋ ㄌㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúgongbùshòulù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wu²-kung¹-pu⁴-shou⁴-lu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wú-gūng-bù-shòu-lù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wugongbushowluh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ugunbušoulu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "угунбушоулу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ gung¹ bat¹ sau⁶ luk⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mòuh gūng bāt sauh luhk"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ gung¹ bat⁷ sau⁶ luk⁹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ gung¹ bed¹ seo⁶ lug⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sɐu̯²² lʊk̚²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "無功不受祿"
}

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