出道
chū dào
Pinyin

Definition

出道
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chū dào
  1. to make one's first public performance (of an entertainer etc)
  2. to start one's career

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

出
chū
  1. 1 to go out
  2. 2 to come out
  3. 3 to occur
  4. 4 to produce
  5. 5 to go beyond
  6. 6 to rise
  7. 7 to put forth
  8. 8 to happen
  9. 9 (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
  10. 10 classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
出来
chū lái
  1. 1 to come out
  2. 2 to appear
  3. 3 to arise
出去
chū qù
  1. 1 to go out
出现
chū xiàn
  1. 1 to appear
  2. 2 to arise
  3. 3 to emerge
  4. 4 to show up
出发
chū fā
  1. 1 to set off
  2. 2 to start (on a journey)
出门
chū mén
  1. 1 to go out
  2. 2 to leave home
  3. 3 to go on a journey
  4. 4 away from home
  5. 5 (of a woman) to get married
味道
wèi dao
  1. 1 flavor
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 hint of
知道
zhī dào
  1. 1 to know
  2. 2 to become aware of
  3. 3 also pr. [zhī dao]
难道
nán dào
  1. 1 don't tell me ...
  2. 2 could it be that...?
世道
shì dào
  1. 1 the ways of the world
  2. 2 the morals of the time
付出
fù chū
  1. 1 to pay
  2. 2 to invest (energy or time in a friendship etc)
伸出
shēn chū
  1. 1 to extend
作出
zuò chū
  1. 1 to put out
  2. 2 to come up with
  3. 3 to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc)
  4. 4 to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc)
  5. 5 to draw (conclusion)
  6. 6 to deliver (speech, judgment)
  7. 7 to devise (explanation)
  8. 8 to extract
做出
zuò chū
  1. 1 to put out
  2. 2 to issue
出世
chū shì
  1. 1 to be born
  2. 2 to come into being
  3. 3 to withdraw from worldly affairs
出乎
chū hū
  1. 1 due to
  2. 2 to stem from
  3. 3 to go beyond (also fig. beyond reason, expectations etc)
  4. 4 to go against (expectations)
出乎意料
chū hū yì liào
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出事
chū shì
  1. 1 to have an accident
  2. 2 to meet with a mishap
出人意料
chū rén yì liào
  1. 1 unexpected (idiom)
  2. 2 surprising
出入
chū rù
  1. 1 to go out and come in
  2. 2 entrance and exit
  3. 3 expenditure and income
  4. 4 discrepancy
  5. 5 inconsistent

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一言既出，驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
  1. 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一语道破
yī yǔ dào pò
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head
  3. 3 to be pithy and correct
一鼻孔出气
yī bí kǒng chū qì
  1. 1 lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.)
  2. 2 to sing from the same hymn sheet
不足为外人道
bù zú wéi wài rén dào
  1. 1 no use to tell others
  2. 2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
仁义道德
rén yì dào dé
  1. 1 compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues
  2. 2 mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical
以其人之道，还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
  1. 1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
  2. 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
你走你的阳关道，我过我的独木桥
nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yáng guān Dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo
  1. 1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
  3. 3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
仓皇出逃
cāng huáng chū táo
  1. 1 to run off in a great panic (idiom)
假道伐虢
jiǎ dào fá Guó
  1. 1 to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo
  2. 2 to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
传道受业
chuán dào shòu yè
  1. 1 to teach (idiom); lit. to give moral and practical instruction
倾巢而出
qīng cháo ér chū
  1. 1 the whole nest came out (idiom); to turn out in full strength
出乎意外
chū hū yì wài
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出乎意料
chū hū yì liào
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出乎预料
chū hū yù liào
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出人意外
chū rén yì wài
  1. 1 turned out other than expected (idiom); unexpected
出人意料
chū rén yì liào
  1. 1 unexpected (idiom)
  2. 2 surprising
出人头地
chū rén tóu dì
  1. 1 to stand out among one's peers (idiom)
  2. 2 to excel
出其不意
chū qí bù yì
  1. 1 to do sth when least expected (idiom); to catch sb off guard
出其不意，攻其不备
chū qí bù yì , gōng qí bù bèi
  1. 1 to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ])

Sample Sentences

你这是什么心态？我们自己人在外发展得好，应该为她高兴才对。你怎么还拆人家的台呢？我觉得子怡挺好的。长相清秀，刚出道时像个邻家小女孩儿。这几年见了世面，就越发有韵味了。
nǐ zhè shì shénme xīntài ？wǒmen zìjǐrén zàiwài fāzhǎn de hǎo ，yīnggāi wèi tā gāoxìng cái duì 。nǐ zěnme hái chāi rénjiā de tái ne ？wǒ juéde Zǐyí tǐng hǎo de 。zhǎngxiàng qīngxiù ，gāng chūdào shí xiàng ge línjiā xiǎonǚháir5 。zhèjǐnián jiàn le shìmiàn ，jiù yuèfā yǒu yùnwèi le 。
What in the world do you mean? One of our own got far in the outside world. We should be happy for her. Why are you raining on her parade? I think Ziyi is great. She looks clean and fresh. When she first got started she looked like the-girl-next-door. In the last few years she's gotten to see the world, and so she gets more charming all the time.
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我什么音乐都听。这次是她出道以来第一次来台北开演唱会，说什么也想去看看。
wǒ shénme yīnyuè dōu tīng 。zhècì shì tā chūdào yǐlái dì yī cì lái Táiběi kāi yǎnchànghuì ，shuō shénme yě xiǎng qù kànkan 。
I listen to all kinds of music. This will be the first time she's held a concert in Taipei since she debuted. Whatever happens I really want to go and see it.
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