出道
chū dào
Pinyin

Definition

出道
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chū dào
  1. to make one's first public performance (of an entertainer etc)
  2. to start one's career

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

出
chū
  1. 1 to go out
  2. 2 to come out
  3. 3 to occur
  4. 4 to produce
  5. 5 to go beyond
  6. 6 to rise
  7. 7 to put forth
  8. 8 to happen
  9. 9 (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
  10. 10 classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
出来
chū lái
  1. 1 to come out
  2. 2 to appear
  3. 3 to arise
出去
chū qù
  1. 1 to go out
出现
chū xiàn
  1. 1 to appear
  2. 2 to arise
  3. 3 to emerge
  4. 4 to show up
出发
chū fā
  1. 1 to set off
  2. 2 to start (on a journey)

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一言既出，驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
  1. 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一语道破
yī yǔ dào pò
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head
  3. 3 to be pithy and correct
一鼻孔出气
yī bí kǒng chū qì
  1. 1 lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.)
  2. 2 to sing from the same hymn sheet
不足为外人道
bù zú wéi wài rén dào
  1. 1 no use to tell others
  2. 2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)

Sample Sentences

你这是什么心态？我们自己人在外发展得好，应该为她高兴才对。你怎么还拆人家的台呢？我觉得子怡挺好的。长相清秀，刚出道时像个邻家小女孩儿。这几年见了世面，就越发有韵味了。
nǐ zhè shì shénme xīntài ？wǒmen zìjǐrén zàiwài fāzhǎn de hǎo ，yīnggāi wèi tā gāoxìng cái duì 。nǐ zěnme hái chāi rénjiā de tái ne ？wǒ juéde Zǐyí tǐng hǎo de 。zhǎngxiàng qīngxiù ，gāng chūdào shí xiàng ge línjiā xiǎonǚháir 。zhèjǐnián jiàn le shìmiàn ，jiù yuèfā yǒu yùnwèi le 。
What in the world do you mean? One of our own got far in the outside world. We should be happy for her. Why are you raining on her parade? I think Ziyi is great. She looks clean and fresh. When she first got started she looked like the-girl-next-door. In the last few years she's gotten to see the world, and so she gets more charming all the time.
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我什么音乐都听。这次是她出道以来第一次来台北开演唱会，说什么也想去看看。
wǒ shénme yīnyuè dōu tīng 。zhècì shì tā chūdào yǐlái dì yī cì lái Táiběi kāi yǎnchànghuì ，shuō shénme yě xiǎng qù kànkan 。
I listen to all kinds of music. This will be the first time she's held a concert in Taipei since she debuted. Whatever happens I really want to go and see it.
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