成名作

chéngmíngzuò
seminal work that propels a writer (or artist, composer etc) to fame

CEDICT

Examples

成名作了。

It became his breakout work.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 成名 chéngmíng to make one's name; to become famous
2 作 zuò
  1. to do; to engage in
  2. to write; to compose
  3. to pretend; to feign
  4. to regard as; to consider to be
  5. to be; to act the part of
  6. to feel (itchy, nauseous etc)
  7. writings; works