汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 粉墨登场
粉墨登场 (粉墨登場)
to make up and go on stage (idiom); to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime)
粉、墨 Cosmetics for face paint and thrush / It originally meant that the actors put on makeup and acted on stage / It is a metaphor for the bad guys after some dressing up and on the political stage
化装上台演戏。今多比喻登上政治舞台(含讥讽意)。
fěn dēng () chǎng
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

经过了一个世纪的内战,德川幕府粉墨登场

The Tokugawa shogunate arose after over a century of civil war.

在公共互联网接入点的舞台创建当中,许多演员粉墨登场

There were a number of actors that created PIAPs.

现在设想原架构师在一年后离开了该项目,新的架构师粉墨登场

Now imagine that the original architect has left the project after a year, and a new architect comes on board.

就在这个月,这些产品将在巴黎时尚盛宴上粉墨登场,并与纽约热点形成鲜明区隔。

And just this month, the products that the Parisian boutique Colette produced with Gap sold like hot croissants in New York.