声名鹊起 — Chinese idiom
声名鹊起
shēng míng què qǐ
Traditional: 聲名鵲起
Meaning
- to rise to fame
Character by character
- 声shēngsound, noise; voice, tone, music
- 名míngname; position, rank, title
- 鹊quèmagpie; Pica species (various)
- 起qǐto begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
Idioms sharing a character
- 不动声色 bù dòng shēng sè
- 不声不响 bù shēng bù xiǎng
- 人声鼎沸 rén shēng dǐng fèi
- 低声细语 dī shēng xì yǔ
- 口口声声 kǒu kou shēng shēng
- 同声一哭 tóng shēng yī kū
- 唉声叹气 āi shēng tàn qì
- 大张声势 dà zhāng shēng shì
- 大放悲声 dà fàng bēi shēng
- 大声疾呼 dà shēng jí hū
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