庆功 (qìng gōng) — to celebrate a success or achievement (verb-obj…

Definition

庆功 (qìnggōng) is a verb-object verb meaning to celebrate a victory or major achievement — separable as 庆了一次功. Formal and used in speeches, reports, and team events rather than casual gatherings.

verb

to celebrate a success or achievement (verb-object, separable)

Examples

，庆功。
Xiàng mù shùn lì wán chéng, dà jiā yì qǐ qù qìng gōng ba.
The project was completed successfully—let's go celebrate together.
，。
Zhè cì bǐ sài ná le guàn jūn, wǒ men qìng le yí cì gōng.
We won the championship this time, so we celebrated once.
，庆功。
Qǔ dé zhè yàng de chéng guǒ, zhí dé hǎo hǎo qìng gōng.
Achieving such results is worth a good celebration.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

庆qìngcelebrate

功gōngmerit

庆 celebrates 功, so the meaning is celebrating a success.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 慶; 庆 is its simplified writing.

廌廌zhìantelope
心心xīn

The simplified 庆 comes from the traditional 慶, which pairs 廌, drawn as an antelope, with 心, a heart; the heart part showed goodness or blessing, and obtaining such a beautiful animal was worth celebrating.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

工力功

Meaning part形符xíngfú

力力lìstrength

Sound part声符shēngfú

工

工gōng功gōng

Same sound today

功 puts 力 (strength) beside 工, which gives the sound gōng and means labour or work.

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