一飛沖天
yī​fēi​chōng​tiān

to soar to greatness

  • created reference approved 一飞冲天/一飛沖天 → 不鸣则已，一鸣惊人/不鳴則已，一鳴驚人 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一飞冲天 / 一飛沖天 yī​fēi​chōng​tiān

    不鸣则已，一鸣惊人 / 不鳴則已，一鳴驚人 bù​míng​zé​yǐ​yī​míng​jīng​rén

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 一飞冲天/一飛沖天 · yī​fēi​chōng​tiān · to soar to greatness — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一飞冲天 / 一飛沖天

    yī​fēi​chōng​tiān

    to soar to greatness

    to achieve immediate success; to reach the top with a single leap; used to describe a sudden rise to fame or prominence by displaying talent that had previously gone unnoticed. Often used alongside the phrase [[不鸣则已，一鸣惊人|不鳴則已，一鳴驚人|bu4 ming2 ze2 yi3 yi1 ming2 jing1 ren2]]

    一 (literal) → 一 · yī · [suddenness] 飞 (literal) → 飞/飛 · fēi · swiftly 冲天 (literal) → 冲天/沖天 · chōng​tiān · to soar

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

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