📖 Meaning
To bestow rewards according to the size of one's contributions or achievements. It emphasizes rewarding people in proportion to their actual merit, rather than by favoritism or rank. The idiom is essentially identical in meaning to the more common 计功行赏.
📜 Origin Story
This idiom has no recorded origin story or documented first appearance in classical texts. It is a variant form of the idiom 计功行赏, in which 勋 (merit) is substituted for 功 (achievement), both words conveying the same idea of meritorious service. The underlying concept of rewarding according to merit has been a standard principle of governance and military leadership in China since ancient times, appearing in historical accounts of rulers and generals who rewarded loyal subordinates based on their actual deeds.
💡 Example Usage
年终总结会上，公司计勋行赏，重奖了业绩突出的团队。
At the year-end review meeting, the company rewarded people according to their merits and gave heavy bonuses to the top-performing teams.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 计勋行赏
- Pinyin: jì xūn xíng shǎng
- Literal Translation: count, merit, carry out, reward
- Category: Leadership
- Characters: 4