毕其功于一役

畢其功於一役
bìqígōngyúyīyì
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 to accomplish the entire task in a single battle
  2. 2 to finish everything in one go
  3. 3 to achieve all goals at one stroke

Examples

Gǎigé shì gè chángqī guòchéng, bù kěnéng bìqígōngyúyīyì.
Reform is a long-term process; you cannot finish it all in a single stroke.
Tā xiǎng bìqígōngyúyīyì, jiéguǒ fǎn'ér bǎ shìqing gǎo zá le.
He tried to do it all at once, and ended up botching the whole thing.

Tips

history
From Sun Yat-sen's 《〈》: he argued the political and social revolutions of China could be 'completed in a single campaign' — though he was warning against complacency, not endorsing the rush.

Stroke Order

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