| 一鸣惊人 |
yī míng jīng rén |
to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 鸣 |
míng |
to cry (of birds, animals and insects) / to make a sound / to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc) |
| 惊 |
jīng |
to startle / to be frightened / to be scared / alarm |
| 惊人 |
jīng rén |
astonishing |
| 人 |
rén |
person; people / CL:个,位 |