一jat1鳴ming4驚ging1人jan4

simp一鸣惊人

jat1 ming4 ging1 jan4yī míng jīng rén

English

to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
to gain fame overnight or suddenly
to startle people with a brilliant feat, literally "to startle people with one crow"

粵語 — Cantonese

平時冇乜名氣，因為一次精彩嘅表現震驚晒所有人

Examples

呢個足球員喺呢場比賽一鳴驚人。
The football player startled people with his brilliant skills in this match.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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