功高盖主 Save Create a free account to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 功高蓋主 gōnggāogàizhǔ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄍㄠ ㄍㄞˋ ㄓㄨˇ 男 女 lit. one's accomplishments overshadow the authority of the sovereign (idiom) fig. to be so influential that one rivals one's leader Character by character 功(gōng)accomplishment 高(gāo)high 盖(gài)lid 主(zhǔ)owner Sign up for a free account to save words and review them A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0