汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 鲤鱼跳龙门
lǐ yú tiào lóng mén
鲤鱼跳龙门 (鯉魚跳龍門)
to make a significant advance in one's career (idiom) / to get one's big break
According to ancient legends, the Yellow River carp will become a dragon if it jumps over the dragon gate / In the metaphor, promotion, promotion, and so on, are so prosperous / It is also a metaphor for advancing against the current and working hard
古代传说黄河鲤鱼跳过龙门，就会变化成龙。比喻中举、升官等飞黄腾达之事。也比喻逆流前进，奋发向上。
鲤 (鯉) lǐ 鱼 (魚) yú 跳 tiào 龙 (龍) lóng 门 (門) mén
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

人们用“鲤鱼跳龙门”寓意事业有成和梦想的实现，“鱼”还有吉庆有余、年年有余的蕴涵。

People said cyprinoid jump over dragon door, and it's means make good winning and achieve the dreams. Fish always means full of luck and full of mammon in the every year.

民间还有将“福”字精描细做成各种图案的，图案有寿星、寿桃、鲤鱼跳龙门、五谷丰登、龙凤呈祥等。

Folk and will "fu" character essence made all sorts of design of draw fine, design has the birthday girl, peach, carp jump the goal, the grain and multiply it, and ChengXiang dragon, etc.

贝贝传递的祝福是繁荣。在中国传统文化艺术中，“鱼”和“水”的图案是繁荣与收获的象征，人们用“鲤鱼跳龙门”寓意事业有成和梦想的实现，“鱼”还有吉庆有余、年年有余的蕴涵。

In China's traditional culture and art, the fish and water designs are symbols of prosperity and harvest. And so Beibei carries the blessing of prosperity.

原本无缘宦官的寒素士人亦可借此而晋身，民间遂有《鲤鱼跳龙门》之喻。因此表现化龙之鱼的《鱼变龙纹》在唐朝使成为了为各阶层所广泛喜爱的吉祥图案。

' This folk-tale was widely spread in the Tang Dynasty and the decorative pattern of ' carp dragon ' was very popular among the people.

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