- obscure and unknown (idiom); an outsider without any reputation
- a nobody
- an unknown quantity
Characters
- 默 (默): silent; to write from memory
- 默 (默): silent; to write from memory
- 无 (無): not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less
- 闻 (聞): surname Wen
Resources
- Wiktionary: 默默无闻
- MDBG: 默默无闻
- Examples with 默默无闻 on Tatoeba
Examples
今天比赛又爆冷门，一向默默无闻的火车头队一举夺得团体赛冠军。