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横空出世

héng kōng chū shì

4-character word Traditional 橫空出世

What 横空出世 means

1. idiomto come to the fore in spectacular fashion; to emerge from obscurity to achieve great success

The characters in 横空出世

• 横hénghorizontal; across; crosswise
• 空kōngempty; air; sky
• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield
• 世shìlife; age; generation

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