Definition of 一将功成って万骨枯る (いっしょうこうなってばんこつかる)

いっしょうこうなばんこつ

一将功成って万骨枯る

いっしょうこうなってばんこつかる

isshoukounahtebankotsukaru

expression
thousands die to make one hero, one general reaches glory, ten thousand bones are left to dry(proverb)
Other readings:
一将功なって万骨枯る【いっしょうこうなってばんこつかる】
Related Kanji
one, one radical (no.1)
leader, commander, general, admiral, or, and again, soon, from now on, just about
achievement, merits, success, honor, credit
turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach
ten thousand, 10,000
skeleton, bone, remains, frame
wither, die, dry up, be seasoned