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粉墨登場

简粉墨登场 · 繁粉墨登場

Mandarin · pinyin fěn mò dēng chǎng

to make up and go on stage (idiom); to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime)

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3–4–1–3 · fen3 mo4 deng1 chang3

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 2 senses · 1 Cantonese reading

fan2 mak6 dang1 coeng4

Cantonese word readings for 粉墨登場. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

fan2 mak6 dang1 coeng4

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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(idiomatic) to make oneself up and go onstage; to mount the stage in full make-up
(now chiefly sarcastic) to embark upon a venture (esp. criminal or political)