鲤鱼跳龙门
lǐ​yú​tiào​lóng​mén

to achieve great success

  • created reference approved 鲤鱼跳龙门/鯉魚跳龍門 → 飞黄腾达/飛黃騰達 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鲤鱼跳龙门 / 鯉魚跳龍門 lǐ​yú​tiào​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 鲤鱼跳龙门/鯉魚跳龍門 · lǐ​yú​tiào​lóng​mén · to achieve great success — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鲤鱼跳龙门 / 鯉魚跳龍門

    lǐ​yú​tiào​lóng​mén

    to achieve great success

    Literally meaning "the carp leaps over the Dragon Gate," this idiom describes making a sudden, significant advance in one's career or status, such as passing a high-level exam or getting a big break.

    鲤鱼 (literal) → 鲤鱼/鯉魚 · lǐ​yú · carp 跳 (literal) → 跳 · tiào · 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