鯉躍龍門
lǐ​yuè​lóng​mén

to achieve great success

  • created reference approved 鲤跃龙门/鯉躍龍門 → 飞黄腾达/飛黃騰達 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鲤跃龙门 / 鯉躍龍門 lǐ​yuè​lóng​mén

    飞黄腾达 / 飛黃騰達 fēi​huáng​téng​dá

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 鲤跃龙门/鯉躍龍門 · lǐ​yuè​lóng​mén · to achieve great success — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鲤跃龙门 / 鯉躍龍門

    lǐ​yuè​lóng​mén

    to achieve great success

    lit. "the carp leaps over the Dragon Gate"; to achieve sudden success or win promotion, originally referring to passing the imperial civil-service examination

    鲤 (literal) → 鲤/鯉 · lǐ · carp 跃 (literal) → 跃/躍 · yuè · to jump 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