- to make up and go on stage (idiom); to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime)
Characters
- 粉 (粉): powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1]); to be a fan of
- 墨 (墨): surname Mo; abbr. for 墨西哥[Mo4 xi1 ge1], Mexico
- 登 (登): to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
- 场 (場): threshing floor; classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout
Resources
- Wiktionary: 粉墨登场
- MDBG: 粉墨登场
- Examples with 粉墨登场 on Tatoeba
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