一举成名
yī​jǔ​chéng​míng

to become famous overnight

  • created sense approved 一举成名/一舉成名 · yī​jǔ​chéng​míng · to become famous overnight — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一举成名 / 一舉成名

    yī​jǔ​chéng​míng

    to become famous overnight

    (idiom) to become famous overnight or widely known through a single successful action; originally referred to becoming famous by passing the imperial civil service examinations

    yì​jǔ​chéng​míng

    一举 (literal) → 一举/一舉 · yī​jǔ · at one stroke 成名 (literal) → 成名 · chéng​míng · to become famous

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense