to make a significant advance in one's career (idiom); to get one's big break
trad. 鯉魚跳龍門
Also written 鯉魚跳龍門【lǐ yú tiào lóng mén】
Characters in this word
5鲤
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carp
- Pinyin
- lǐ
- Traditional
- 鯉
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 39794 of 2500
鱼
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surname Yu
- Pinyin
- Yú
- Traditional
- 魚
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1545 of 2500
跳
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to jump, to hop, to skip over, to bounce, to palpitate
- Pinyin
- tiào
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 738 of 2500
龙
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surname Long
- Pinyin
- Lóng
- Traditional
- 龍
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 3595 of 2500
门
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surname Men
- Pinyin
- Mén
- Traditional
- 門
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 909 of 2500