<p>If you're looking for a four-character chengyu (成語) I would offer &quot;出人頭地&quot; - to become head and shoulders above the rest.</p>
<p>She's a smart kid; one day she will go places.</p>
<p>她資質聰穎，有一天會出人頭地的。</p>

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Thanks a million! This is perfect! Cheers!
Jasmine El-Tagi
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monalisa
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<p>Cambridge Dictionary: <a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/go-places" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Go places</a>: to be likely to be successful in the future:</p>
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<p>It is &quot;有好前途/ 有前途 &quot; (have a great future) in Chinese</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<p>如果你想<strong>有好前途</strong>，你需要跟随我 - If you want to <strong>go places</strong> (have a great future), you need to follow me</p>
<p>這傢伙終有一天會<strong>有好前途</strong> - This guy will <strong>go places</strong> (have a great future) someday</p>
<p>You can also use <strong>前途光明</strong> (have a bright future)</p>

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Thank you this is great!
Jasmine El-Tagi
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<p>I need a translation for the phrase as a whole not two words separately.</p>
<p>I need it in common Chinese if that’s a thing, but I mean the most general simple Chinese there is.</p>

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Can you first give the English meaning of the phrase, because "go places" can mean a lot of different things?
River
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It's go place"s", not place.  If already happened: 经验老道 or 见过世面。If not yet happen 各处看看 or 走偏天下, based on the denotation of the phrase.  But River is right:  you do need to clarify the context.
James Liu 刘老师
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Don't think "go places" has anything to do with travelling. :)
monalisa
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Obviously 'go places' = 去地方 is a  literal interpretation of an idiomatic expression
Tang Ho
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Hi guys, maybe I haven't made it clear enough. What I meant by to "go places" is to succeed. But the thing is I was hoping to find a phrase that says that in Chinese, not just the word 'succeed'. Hope it's clearer now. Thank you. Cheers.
Jasmine El-Tagi
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How can I say the phrase “go places” in Chinese?
# How can I say the phrase “go places” in Chinese?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-09-18)

I need a translation for the phrase as a whole not two words separately.

I need it in common Chinese if that’s a thing, but I mean the most general simple Chinese there is.

**Tags:** translation, phrase

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Can you first give the English meaning of the phrase, because "go places" can mean a lot of different things?  
> **username_2**: It's go place"s", not place.  If already happened: 经验老道 or 见过世面。If not yet happen 各处看看 or 走偏天下, based on the denotation of the phrase.  But username_1 is right:  you do need to clarify the context.  
> **username_3**: Don't think "go places" has anything to do with travelling. :)  
> **username_4**: Obviously 'go places' = 去地方 is a  literal interpretation of an idiomatic expression  
> **username_0**: Hi guys, maybe I haven't made it clear enough. What I meant by to "go places" is to succeed. But the thing is I was hoping to find a phrase that says that in Chinese, not just the word 'succeed'. Hope it's clearer now. Thank you. Cheers.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2020-09-19. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

If you're looking for a four-character chengyu (成語) I would offer "出人頭地" - to become head and shoulders above the rest.

She's a smart kid; one day she will go places.

她資質聰穎，有一天會出人頭地的。

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks a million! This is perfect! Cheers!  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2020-09-18. Score: 2

> Cambridge Dictionary: [Go places](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/go-places): to be likely to be successful in the future:

It is "有好前途/ 有前途 " (have a great future) in Chinese

Example:

如果你想**有好前途**，你需要跟随我 - If you want to **go places** (have a great future), you need to follow me

這傢伙終有一天會**有好前途** - This guy will **go places** (have a great future) someday

You can also use **前途光明** (have a bright future)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you this is great!  

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