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成名

chéng míng

2-character word

What 成名 means

1. to make one's name; to become famous

The characters in 成名

• 成chéngto succeed; to finish; to complete
• 名míngname; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)

Example sentences

• 成名作了。
  It became his breakout work.
• 她一举成名。
  She suddenly became famous.
• 我不想成名。
  I don't want to be famous.
• 也许他不会成名。
  Yěxǔ tā bù huì chéngmíng.
  Maybe he won't become famous.
• 他可能永远不成名。
  Tā kěnéng yǒngyuǎn bù chéngmíng.
  Perhaps he'll never become famous.
• 那是他的成名作了。
  It became his breakout work.

Words starting with 成名

• 成名作chéng míng zuòseminal work that propels a writer (or artist, composer etc) to fame

Words containing 成名

• 功成名就gōng chéng míng jiùto win success and recognition (idiom)