Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「嶄露頭角」 and how it’s used.
This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「嶄露頭角」, with its definition and usage detailed below.
Zhan: to highlight; Lu: to reveal. The horns on the head have clearly protruded. Refers to the initial display of outstanding talent.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhǎn lù tóu jiǎo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jaam2 lou6 tau4 gok3
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