万丈高楼平地起 (萬丈高樓平地起)
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Pinyin
Definition
万丈高楼平地起 (萬丈高樓平地起)
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- towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom)
- great oaks from little acorns grow
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一个天南,一个地北
- 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一败涂地
- 1 failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
- 2 a crushing defeat
- 3 beaten and in a hopeless position
一波未平,一波又起
- 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
- 2 many twists and turns to a story
- 3 one thing after another
一病不起
- 1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
一碗水端平
- 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be impartial