一鸣惊人
yī​míng​jīng​rén

to become famous overnight

  • created reference approved 一鸣惊人/一鳴驚人 → 不鸣则已，一鸣惊人/不鳴則已，一鳴驚人 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一鸣惊人 / 一鳴驚人 yī​míng​jīng​rén

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

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 一鸣惊人/一鳴驚人 · yī​míng​jīng​rén · to become famous overnight — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一鸣惊人 / 一鳴驚人

    yī​míng​jīng​rén

    to become famous overnight

    to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat; describes someone who is usually quiet or obscure but suddenly displays extraordinary talent or achievement

    yì​míng​jīng​rén

    一 (literal) → 一 · yī · [suddenness] 鸣 (literal) → 鸣/鳴 · míng · to be well-known 惊人 (literal) → 惊人/驚人 · jīng​rén · astonishing

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

    created sense