横空出世 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to come to the fore in spectacular fashion; to emerge from obscurity to achieve great success

Character by character

• 横hénghorizontal, across; unreasonable, harsh
• 空kōnghollow, empty, deserted, bare
• 出chūto go out, to send out; stand; produce
• 世shìgeneration, era, age; world

Idioms sharing a character

• 妙趣横生 miào qù héng shēng
• 尸横遍野 shī héng biàn yě
• 枝节横生 zhī jié héng shēng
• 横七竖八 héng qī shù bā
• 横刀夺爱 héng dāo duó ài
• 横征暴敛 héng zhēng bào liǎn
• 横生枝节 héng shēng zhī jié
• 横眉怒目 héng méi nù mù
• 横行无忌 héng xíng wú jì
• 横冲直撞 héng chōng zhí zhuàng

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