升旗
shēng qí
Pinyin
Definition
升旗
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- to raise a flag
- to hoist a flag
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to rise
- 2 to go up
- 3 to ascend
- 1 to ascend
- 2 to rise to the rank of
- 3 to promote
- 4 to hoist
- 5 liter
- 6 measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗[dǒu]
- 1 to escalate (in intensity)
- 2 to go up by one grade
- 3 to be promoted
- 4 to upgrade (computing)
- 1 to get promoted (at work etc)
- 2 promotion
- 1 to promote
- 2 to upgrade
Idioms (16)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
偃旗息鼓
- 1 lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease
- 2 to give in
别树一旗
- 1 lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner
- 2 to stand out
- 3 to develop one's own school
- 4 to have attitude of one's own
升堂入室
- 1 lit. to reach the main room and enter the chamber (idiom)
- 2 fig. to gradually attain proficiency
- 3 to attain a higher level
升官发财
- 1 to be promoted and gain wealth (idiom)