毕其功于一役

畢其功於一役
bìqígōngyúyíyì
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

HSK 5
Gǎigé shì gè chángqī guòchéng, bù kěnéng bìqígōngyúyíyì.
Reform is a long-term process; you cannot finish it all in a single stroke.
HSK 7-9
Tā xiǎng bìqígōngyúyíyì, 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 《〈民报〉发刊词》: 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

gōng