发迹

發跡
fājì
  1. to make one's mark
  2. to go up in the world
  3. to make one's fortune

CEDICT

to gain fame and fortune; to rise to power and position (of a poor person)

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 发 fā
  1. to send out
  2. to show (one's feeling)
  3. to issue
  4. to develop
  5. to make a bundle of money
  6. classifier for gunshots (rounds)
=2 迹 jì
  1. footprint
  2. mark
  3. trace
  4. vestige
  5. sign
  6. indication
  7. Taiwan pr. jī
=2 迹 jì variant of 迹 jì
=2 迹 jì variant of 迹 jì

Related entries

画押 huàyā
  1. to sign
  2. to make one's mark
出名 chūmíng
  1. well-known for sth
  2. to become well known
  3. to make one's mark
  4. to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc)
他出名了。

He became famous.

Source: Tatoeba