return after victory in war to the imperial court to report his meritorious services
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d é sh è nghu í ch á o, which means to return to the imperial court after winning a battle. Now it generally refers to the return of victory. It comes from Xiao weichi, a nameless writer in Yuan Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
The second part of xiaoweichi written by Wu Mingshi in Yuan Dynasty: "old general, when you go, be careful who cares. If you win, you will be rewarded by the sage."
Analysis of Idioms
To return home in glory
Idiom usage
If you think that you are scared, people will shut up and you will be able to ~. (Mao Zedong's eight part history of the opposition party)
return after victory in war to the imperial court to report his meritorious services
be helpless and in the greatest straits - jì qióng lì jí
usurp a high post without doing a stroke of work - qiè wèi sù cān
be in a deplorable plight and powerless - shì qióng lì jié