飞黄腾达 (飛黃騰達)
Fēi huáng téng dá
Pinyin
Definition
飞黄腾达 (飛黃騰達)
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- lit. the divine steed Feihuang gallops (idiom)
- fig. to achieve meteoric success in one's career
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to reach
- 2 to arrive
- 1 Pentium (microprocessor by Intel)
- 1 to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly)
- 2 to repeat sth over and over again
- 3 to torment sb
- 4 to play crazy
- 5 to squander (time, money)
- 1 to go nonstop to
- 2 through (as in "through train")
- 3 nonstop
- 1 to express
- 2 to convey
Idioms (20)
不到黄河心不死
- 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
- 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
- 3 to keep going while some hope is left
劳燕分飞
- 1 the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom)
- 2 (usually of a couple) to part from each other
命归黄泉
- 1 lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉[Huáng quán] (idiom)
- 2 fig. to die
- 3 to meet one's end
哑巴吃黄莲
- 1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
- 2 also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连
- 3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])
哑巴吃黄连
- 1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
- 2 also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲
- 3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])