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Home / Idiom / 粉墨登场

to make up and go on stage (idiom); to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime)

粉墨登场
fěn mò dēng chǎng
f+ěn·3rd tonem+ò·4th toned+ēng·1st tonech+ǎng·3rd tone
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
(idiom) to take office; to assume a post走马上任zǒu mǎ shàng rènto put oneself out in the public eye (said of sb for whom doing so is deemed unseemly)抛头露面pāo tóu lù miànto rise to power (in politics) · to go on stage (in the theater)上台shàng tái
Antonyms
to hide from public view · to conceal one's identity · to lay low匿影藏形nì yǐng cáng xíng
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