粉墨登场 (fěn mò dēng chǎng) | Meaning: to make up and go on stage (idiom); to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime) | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

(idiom) to take office; to assume a post走马上任zǒu mǎ shàng rèn

to put oneself out in the public eye (said of sb for whom doing so is deemed unseemly)抛头露面pāo tóu lù miàn

to rise to power (in politics) · to go on stage (in the theater)上台shàng tái

to make up and go on stage (idiom); to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime)