横空出世
héng​kōng​chū​shì

to emerge spectacularly

  • created sense approved 横空出世/橫空出世 · héng​kōng​chū​shì · to emerge spectacularly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    横空出世 / 橫空出世

    héng​kōng​chū​shì

    to emerge spectacularly

    (idiom) to suddenly rise to fame or prominence; to emerge from obscurity in a grand or spectacular fashion; used to describe someone or something that stands far above the ordinary

    横空 (literal) → 横空/橫空 · héng​kōng · to span the sky 出世 (literal) → 出世 · chū​shì · to emerge

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