| 完满 | wán mǎn | successful / satisfactory |   |
| 得中 | dé zhòng | to succeed in an imperial examination / successful / to hit the target / to win (the lottery) / suitable / proper / just right | |
| 有成 | yǒu chéng | to succeed / successful | |
| 中奖 | zhòng jiǎng | to win a prize / a successful gamble | |
| 中标 | zhòng biāo | to win a tender / successful bidder | |
| 大牌 | dà pái | strong card / honor card (card games) / very popular or successful person / self-important | |
| 上榜 | shàng bǎng | to appear on the public roll of successful examinees (i.e. pass an exam) / to make the list / (of a song) to hit the charts | |
| 西施 | Xī shī | Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], given by King Gou Jian 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 Jian4] of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu | |
| 进士 | jìn shì | successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination / palace graduate | |
| 举人 | jǔ rén | graduate / successful candidate in the imperial provincial examination | |
| 女强人 | nu:3 qiáng rén | successful career woman / able woman | |
| 大功告成 | dà gōng gào chéng | successfully accomplished (project or goal) / to be highly successful | |
| 露脸 | lòu liǎn | to show one's face / to make one's good name / to become successful and well known / to shine | |
| 多尔衮 | Duō ěr gǔn | Dorgon (1612-1651), fourteenth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[Nu3 er3 ha1 chi4], successful general, instrumental in Manchu conquest of China, ruled China as regent 1644-1650 for his nephew Emperor Shunzhi 順治帝|顺治帝[Shun4 zhi4 di4] | |
| 独占鳌头 | dú zhàn áo tóu | to come first in triennial palace examinations (idiom, refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand) / to be the champion / to be the very best in any field | |
| 无往不利 | wú wǎng bù lì | to be successful in every endeavor | |
| 孝廉 | xiào lián | xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing / successful second degree candidate | |
| 发榜 | fā bǎng | to publish a roll-call of successful candidates | |
| 出榜 | chū bǎng | to publish class list of successful exam candidates | |
| 功德圆满 | gōng dé yuán mǎn | virtuous achievements come to their successful conclusion (idiom) | |
| 妨功害能 | fáng gōng hài néng | to constrain and limit successful, capable people | |
| 学而优则仕 | xué ér yōu zé shì | one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom) | |
| 事业有成 | shì yè yǒu chéng | to be successful in business / professional success | |
| 工欲善其事，必先利其器 | gōng yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì | To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job | |
| 年兄 | nián xiōng | lit. older brother / fig. fellow students who are successful in the imperial examinations | |
| 欲善其事，必先利其器 | yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì | To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job | |
| 成功的男人后面必有一个奉献的女人 | chéng gōng de nán rén hòu mian bì yǒu yī gè fèng xiàn de nu:3 rén | Every successful man has a dedicated woman behind him (European proverb). | |
| 武举 | wǔ jǔ | successful military candidate in the imperial provincial examination | |
| 汤玉麟 | Tāng Yù lín | Tang Yulin (1871-1937), minor warlord in northeast China, sometime governor of Chengde 承德, mostly poor in battle but very successful at accumulating personal wealth | |
| 关于老有所能成功做法的国家间交流方桉 | | Intercountry exchange programme on successful practices in empowering older persons | |
| 学业有成 | xué yè yǒu chéng | to be successful in one's studies / academic success | |
| 成则为王，败则为寇 | chéng zé wéi wáng , bài zé wéi kòu | lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom) / fig. losers are always in the wrong | |
| 成不了气候 | chéng bu liǎo qì hòu | won't get far / unlikely to be successful | |
| 榜单 | bǎng dān | list of successful applicants for college admission / list of people or entities ranked highest according to some metric | |
