"一鳴驚人" meaning in Chinese

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Phrase

IPA: /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ²¹ kɪŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /it̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²³⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /it̚³²⁻⁵ biɪŋ¹³⁻²² kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /it̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ³³ lin²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /it̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/, /jɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ²¹ kɪŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/, /it̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²³⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/, /it̚³²⁻⁵ biɪŋ¹³⁻²² kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/, /it̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/, /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ³³ lin²⁴/, /it̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/ Chinese transliterations: yīmíngjīngrén [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄧ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄖㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jat¹ ming⁴ ging¹ jan⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], it-bêng-keng-jîn, it-bêng-keng-lîn, yīmíngjīngrén [Phonetic:yìmíngjīngrén] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yimíngjingrén [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], i¹-ming²-ching¹-jên² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yī-míng-jīng-rén [Mandarin, Yale], imingjingren [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], иминцзинжэнь [Mandarin, Palladius], iminczinžɛnʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], yāt mìhng gīng yàhn [Cantonese, Yale], jat⁷ ming⁴ ging¹ jan⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yed¹ ming⁴ ging¹ yen⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], it-bêng-keng-jîn [Hokkien, POJ], it-bîng-king-jîn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], itbengkengjiin [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], it-bêng-keng-lîn [Hokkien, POJ], it-bîng-king-lîn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], itbengkengliin [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 一鸣惊人
Etymology: From Han Feizi, Chapter 21 (《韓非子·喻老》) Etymology templates: {{lang|zh|(《韓非子·喻老》)}} (《韓非子·喻老》) Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 一鳴驚人
  1. to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat; to become famous overnight; to set the world on fire; a bolt from the blue Wikipedia link: Han Feizi, King Zhuang of Chu Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): One Synonyms: 一飛沖天/一飞冲天, 一飛沖天, 一飞冲天 Derived forms: 不鳴則已,一鳴驚人/不鸣则已,一鸣惊人 (bù míng zé yǐ, yīmíngjīngrén)
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      "english": "King Zhuang, for three years after he took the reins of government, issued no decree and formulated no policy. Therefore, one day the Right Commissioner of the Army, when attending on the Throne, made before the King an intimation, saying: \"There is a bird which has perched or a hill-top in the south. For three years it has neither fluttered nor flown nor sung but kept silent without making any sound. What is the name of that bird?\" In reply the King said: \"For three years it has not fluttered in order thereby to grow its wings and feathers, and has neither flown nor sung in order thereby to look at the conditions of the people. Though it has not flown, yet once it starts flying, it will soar high up into the sky. Though it has not sung, yet once it starts singing, it will surprise everybody. Leave it as it has been. I, the King, understand what you mean.\"",
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      "roman": "Chǔ Zhuāng wáng lì zhèng sān nián, wú lìng fā, wú zhèng wèi yě. Yòusīmǎ yù zuò ér yǔ wáng yǐn yuē: “Yǒu niǎo zhǐ nánfāng zhī fù, sān nián bù chì bù fēi bù míng, hēirán wú shēng, cǐ wèi hé míng?” Wáng yuē: “Sān nián bù chì, jiāng yǐ zhǎng yǔyì. Bù fēi bù míng, jiāng yǐ guān mín zé. Suī wú fēi, fēi bì chōngtiān; suī wú míng, míng bì jīngrén. Zǐ shì zhī, bùgǔ zhīzhī yǐ.”",
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      "text": "楚莊王蒞政三年,無令發,無政為也。右司馬御座而與王隱曰:「有鳥止南方之阜,三年不翅不飛不鳴,嘿然無聲,此為何名?」王曰:「三年不翅,將以長羽翼。不飛不鳴,將以觀民則。雖無飛,飛必沖天;雖無鳴,鳴必驚人。子釋之,不穀知之矣。」",
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      "english": "King Zhuang, for three years after he took the reins of government, issued no decree and formulated no policy. Therefore, one day the Right Commissioner of the Army, when attending on the Throne, made before the King an intimation, saying: \"There is a bird which has perched or a hill-top in the south. For three years it has neither fluttered nor flown nor sung but kept silent without making any sound. What is the name of that bird?\" In reply the King said: \"For three years it has not fluttered in order thereby to grow its wings and feathers, and has neither flown nor sung in order thereby to look at the conditions of the people. Though it has not flown, yet once it starts flying, it will soar high up into the sky. Though it has not sung, yet once it starts singing, it will surprise everybody. Leave it as it has been. I, the King, understand what you mean.\"",
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      "tags": [
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      "text": "楚庄王莅政三年,无令发,无政为也。右司马御座而与王隐曰:「有鸟止南方之阜,三年不翅不飞不鸣,嘿然无声,此为何名?」王曰:「三年不翅,将以长羽翼。不飞不鸣,将以观民则。虽无飞,飞必冲天;虽无鸣,鸣必惊人。子释之,不谷知之矣。」",
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  "etymology_text": "From Han Feizi, Chapter 21 (《韓非子·喻老》)",
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          "roman": "bù míng zé yǐ, yīmíngjīngrén",
          "word": "不鳴則已,一鳴驚人/不鸣则已,一鸣惊人"
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          "ref": " 2006: anon, 《ESWC ——“梦,开始的地方》 (Electronic Sports World Cup -- \"A dream is the starting place\")",
          "roman": "Kě bǐsài de guòchéng què shì ràng rén dàdiēyǎnjìng, yǔ zhīqián yúlùn de dīdiào xiāngbǐ, liǎng zhī duìwǔ de biǎoxiàn kěwèi bù míng zé yǐ yīmíngjīngrén.",
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          "text": "可比賽的過程卻是讓人大跌眼鏡,與之前輿論的低調相比,兩只隊伍的表現可謂不鳴則已一鳴驚人。",
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          "roman": "Kě bǐsài de guòchéng què shì ràng rén dàdiēyǎnjìng, yǔ zhīqián yúlùn de dīdiào xiāngbǐ, liǎng zhī duìwǔ de biǎoxiàn kěwèi bù míng zé yǐ yīmíngjīngrén.",
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          "text": "可比赛的过程却是让人大跌眼镜,与之前舆论的低调相比,两只队伍的表现可谓不鸣则已一鸣惊人。",
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          "amaze",
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          "world",
          "world"
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        {
          "word": "一飛沖天/一飞冲天"
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          "word": "一飛沖天"
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          "word": "一飞冲天"
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        "Mandarin",
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      "zh-pron": "yīmíngjīngrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jat¹ ming⁴ ging¹ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "it-bêng-keng-jîn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "it-bêng-keng-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yīmíngjīngrén [Phonetic:yìmíngjīngrén]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yimíngjingrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i¹-ming²-ching¹-jên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yī-míng-jīng-rén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "imingjingren"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "иминцзинжэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iminczinžɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yāt mìhng gīng yàhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jat⁷ ming⁴ ging¹ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yed¹ ming⁴ ging¹ yen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ²¹ kɪŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "it-bêng-keng-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "it-bîng-king-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "itbengkengjiin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²³⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁵ biɪŋ¹³⁻²² kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "it-bêng-keng-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "it-bîng-king-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "itbengkengliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/it̚⁵⁻²⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ³³ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: yìmíngjīngrén]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ²¹ kɪŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²³⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁵ biɪŋ¹³⁻²² kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/it̚⁵⁻²⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ³³ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "一鳴驚人"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "bù míng zé yǐ, yīmíngjīngrén",
      "word": "不鳴則已,一鳴驚人/不鸣则已,一鸣惊人"
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      "english": "King Zhuang, for three years after he took the reins of government, issued no decree and formulated no policy. Therefore, one day the Right Commissioner of the Army, when attending on the Throne, made before the King an intimation, saying: \"There is a bird which has perched or a hill-top in the south. For three years it has neither fluttered nor flown nor sung but kept silent without making any sound. What is the name of that bird?\" In reply the King said: \"For three years it has not fluttered in order thereby to grow its wings and feathers, and has neither flown nor sung in order thereby to look at the conditions of the people. Though it has not flown, yet once it starts flying, it will soar high up into the sky. Though it has not sung, yet once it starts singing, it will surprise everybody. Leave it as it has been. I, the King, understand what you mean.\"",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Han Feizi, circa 2ⁿᵈ century BCE, translated based on W. K. Liao's version",
      "roman": "Chǔ Zhuāng wáng lì zhèng sān nián, wú lìng fā, wú zhèng wèi yě. Yòusīmǎ yù zuò ér yǔ wáng yǐn yuē: “Yǒu niǎo zhǐ nánfāng zhī fù, sān nián bù chì bù fēi bù míng, hēirán wú shēng, cǐ wèi hé míng?” Wáng yuē: “Sān nián bù chì, jiāng yǐ zhǎng yǔyì. Bù fēi bù míng, jiāng yǐ guān mín zé. Suī wú fēi, fēi bì chōngtiān; suī wú míng, míng bì jīngrén. Zǐ shì zhī, bùgǔ zhīzhī yǐ.”",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "楚莊王蒞政三年,無令發,無政為也。右司馬御座而與王隱曰:「有鳥止南方之阜,三年不翅不飛不鳴,嘿然無聲,此為何名?」王曰:「三年不翅,將以長羽翼。不飛不鳴,將以觀民則。雖無飛,飛必沖天;雖無鳴,鳴必驚人。子釋之,不穀知之矣。」",
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    },
    {
      "english": "King Zhuang, for three years after he took the reins of government, issued no decree and formulated no policy. Therefore, one day the Right Commissioner of the Army, when attending on the Throne, made before the King an intimation, saying: \"There is a bird which has perched or a hill-top in the south. For three years it has neither fluttered nor flown nor sung but kept silent without making any sound. What is the name of that bird?\" In reply the King said: \"For three years it has not fluttered in order thereby to grow its wings and feathers, and has neither flown nor sung in order thereby to look at the conditions of the people. Though it has not flown, yet once it starts flying, it will soar high up into the sky. Though it has not sung, yet once it starts singing, it will surprise everybody. Leave it as it has been. I, the King, understand what you mean.\"",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Han Feizi, circa 2ⁿᵈ century BCE, translated based on W. K. Liao's version",
      "roman": "Chǔ Zhuāng wáng lì zhèng sān nián, wú lìng fā, wú zhèng wèi yě. Yòusīmǎ yù zuò ér yǔ wáng yǐn yuē: “Yǒu niǎo zhǐ nánfāng zhī fù, sān nián bù chì bù fēi bù míng, hēirán wú shēng, cǐ wèi hé míng?” Wáng yuē: “Sān nián bù chì, jiāng yǐ zhǎng yǔyì. Bù fēi bù míng, jiāng yǐ guān mín zé. Suī wú fēi, fēi bì chōngtiān; suī wú míng, míng bì jīngrén. Zǐ shì zhī, bùgǔ zhīzhī yǐ.”",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "楚庄王莅政三年,无令发,无政为也。右司马御座而与王隐曰:「有鸟止南方之阜,三年不翅不飞不鸣,嘿然无声,此为何名?」王曰:「三年不翅,将以长羽翼。不飞不鸣,将以观民则。虽无飞,飞必冲天;虽无鸣,鸣必惊人。子释之,不谷知之矣。」",
      "type": "quote"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "(《韓非子·喻老》)"
      },
      "expansion": "(《韓非子·喻老》)",
      "name": "lang"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Han Feizi, Chapter 21 (《韓非子·喻老》)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "一鸣惊人",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "一鳴驚人",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese chengyu derived from the Han Feizi",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 一",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 人",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 驚",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 鳴",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien chengyu",
        "Hokkien idioms",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with quotations",
        "Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi to the fourth tone",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "But as the game progressed, everybody had to take off their glasses in disbelief. Compared to the previous low expections in public opinion polls, the performance of the two teams was literally a bolt from the blue.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2006: anon, 《ESWC ——“梦,开始的地方》 (Electronic Sports World Cup -- \"A dream is the starting place\")",
          "roman": "Kě bǐsài de guòchéng què shì ràng rén dàdiēyǎnjìng, yǔ zhīqián yúlùn de dīdiào xiāngbǐ, liǎng zhī duìwǔ de biǎoxiàn kěwèi bù míng zé yǐ yīmíngjīngrén.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "可比賽的過程卻是讓人大跌眼鏡,與之前輿論的低調相比,兩只隊伍的表現可謂不鳴則已一鳴驚人。",
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        },
        {
          "english": "But as the game progressed, everybody had to take off their glasses in disbelief. Compared to the previous low expections in public opinion polls, the performance of the two teams was literally a bolt from the blue.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2006: anon, 《ESWC ——“梦,开始的地方》 (Electronic Sports World Cup -- \"A dream is the starting place\")",
          "roman": "Kě bǐsài de guòchéng què shì ràng rén dàdiēyǎnjìng, yǔ zhīqián yúlùn de dīdiào xiāngbǐ, liǎng zhī duìwǔ de biǎoxiàn kěwèi bù míng zé yǐ yīmíngjīngrén.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "可比赛的过程却是让人大跌眼镜,与之前舆论的低调相比,两只队伍的表现可谓不鸣则已一鸣惊人。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat; to become famous overnight; to set the world on fire; a bolt from the blue"
      ],
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        [
          "amaze",
          "amaze"
        ],
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          "world",
          "world"
        ],
        [
          "single",
          "single"
        ],
        [
          "brilliant",
          "brilliant"
        ],
        [
          "feat",
          "feat"
        ],
        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ],
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          "famous",
          "famous"
        ],
        [
          "overnight",
          "overnight"
        ],
        [
          "set the world on fire",
          "set the world on fire"
        ],
        [
          "bolt from the blue",
          "bolt from the blue"
        ]
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Han Feizi",
        "King Zhuang of Chu"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yīmíngjīngrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jat¹ ming⁴ ging¹ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "it-bêng-keng-jîn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "it-bêng-keng-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yīmíngjīngrén [Phonetic:yìmíngjīngrén]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yimíngjingrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i¹-ming²-ching¹-jên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yī-míng-jīng-rén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "imingjingren"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "иминцзинжэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iminczinžɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yāt mìhng gīng yàhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jat⁷ ming⁴ ging¹ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yed¹ ming⁴ ging¹ yen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ²¹ kɪŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "it-bêng-keng-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "it-bîng-king-jîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "itbengkengjiin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²³⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁵ biɪŋ¹³⁻²² kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "it-bêng-keng-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "it-bîng-king-lîn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "itbengkengliin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/it̚⁵⁻²⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ³³ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: yìmíngjīngrén]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ²¹ kɪŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²³⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁵ biɪŋ¹³⁻²² kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zin¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/it̚⁵⁻²⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ³³ lin²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/it̚³²⁻⁴ biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "一飛沖天/一飞冲天"
    },
    {
      "word": "一飛沖天"
    },
    {
      "word": "一飞冲天"
    }
  ],
  "word": "一鳴驚人"
}

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