一鸣惊人
Traditional form:
一鳴驚人
Pinyin (reading):
yīmíngjīngrén
Definitions:
- to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
Characters:
- 一 - one; a, an; alone
- 鸣 - a bird call or animal cry; to make a sound
- 惊 - to frighten, to startle; surprise, alarm
- 人 - man, person; people
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