功高震主
Chinese
- merit; achievement; resultmerit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment
high; tall shake; shock; sign in trigram to own; to host; masterto own; to host; master; lord; primarysimp. and trad.
(功高震主)功 高 震 主
Pronunciation
Idiom
功高震主
- one's merits and contributions are so great that one's monarch or leader feels uneasy and insecure