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功成不居

Mandarin · pinyin gōng chéng bù jū

not to claim personal credit for achievement (idiom)

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功: gōng · achievement, merit, good result
成: chéng · completed, finished, fixed
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
居: jū · live, dwell, reside, sit

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1–2–4–1 · gong1 cheng2 bu4 ju1

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gung1 sing4 bat1 geoi1

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