初露头角 — Chinese idiom
初露头角
chū lù tóu jiǎo
Traditional: 初露頭角
Meaning
- lit. to first show one's horns ; fig. a first show of emerging talent
- first sign of emerging talent
- budding genius
Character by character
- 初chūbeginning, initial, primary
- 露lùdew; leak; bare, exposed; to reveal, to show
- 头tóuhead; chief, boss; first, top
- 角jiǎoangle, corner; horn, horn-shaped
Idioms sharing a character
- 初出茅庐 chū chū máo lú
- 悔不当初 huǐ bù dāng chū
- 情窦初开 qíng dòu chū kāi
- 人生朝露 rén shēng zhāo lù
- 凶相毕露 xiōng xiàng bì lù
- 危如朝露 wēi rú zhāo lù
- 危若朝露 wēi ruò zhāo lù
- 原形毕露 yuán xíng bì lù
- 崭露头角 zhǎn lù tóu jiǎo
- 朝露溘至 zhāo lù kè zhì
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