魚躍龍門
yú​yuè​lóng​mén

to pass a competitive exam

  • created reference approved 鱼跃龙门/魚躍龍門 → 鲤鱼跳龙门/鯉魚跳龍門 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鱼跃龙门 / 魚躍龍門 yú​yuè​lóng​mén

    鲤鱼跳龙门 / 鯉魚跳龍門 lǐ​yú​tiào​lóng​mén

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 鱼跃龙门/魚躍龍門 · yú​yuè​lóng​mén · to pass a competitive exam — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鱼跃龙门 / 魚躍龍門

    yú​yuè​lóng​mén

    to pass a competitive exam

    Based on the legend of a carp jumping over the Dragon Gate to become a dragon, it is used as a metaphor for passing a high-level exam or achieving a sudden rise in social status.

    鱼跃 (literal) → 鱼跃/魚躍 · yú​yuè · to leap like a fish 龙门 (literal) → 龙门/龍門 · lóng​mén · Dragon Gate

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

    created sense