毕其功于一役
bì​qí​gōng​yú​yī​yì

to accomplish the whole task at one stroke

  • created reference approved 毕其功于一役/畢其功於一役 → 一举而尽全功/一舉而盡全功 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    毕其功于一役 / 畢其功於一役 bì​qí​gōng​yú​yī​yì

    一举而尽全功 / 一舉而盡全功 yī​jǔ'ér​jìn​quán​gōng

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 毕其功于一役/畢其功於一役 · bì​qí​gōng​yú​yī​yì · to accomplish the whole task at one stroke — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    毕其功于一役 / 畢其功於一役

    bì​qí​gōng​yú​yī​yì

    to accomplish the whole task at one stroke

    To complete a long or multi-stage task in a single effort; often used as an idiom to describe finishing everything all at once.

    bì​qí​gōng​yú​yí​yì

    毕 (literal) → 毕/畢 · bì · to finish 其 (literal) → 其 · qí · [third-person possessive] 功 (literal) → 功 · gōng · achievement 于 (literal) → 于/於 · yú · in 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 役 (literal) → 役 · yì · campaign

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense