chuǎng chū míng tangdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to make a name for oneself
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Original source entry:

闖出名堂 闯出名堂 [chuang3 chu1 ming2 tang5] /to make a name for oneself/

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Other forms in these source records: 闖出名堂

  • 闯
    chuǎng

    to rush / to charge / to dash / to break through / to temper oneself (through battling hardships)

  • 出
    chū

    to go out; to come out / to arise; to occur / to produce; to yield / to go beyond; to exceed / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc

  • 名
    míng

    name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people

  • 堂
    táng

    (main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jiān] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture

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