1 (of an aircraft) to take off

1 to fly

1 flying Apsara (Buddhist art)

1 airplane

2 classifier: 架 jià

1 soaring inflation

2 rocketing prices

1 the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom)

2 (usually of a couple) to part from each other

1 to spread one's wings and soar (idiom)

2 to develop one's abilities freely

1 lit. Zhang Fei fights Yue Fei

2 fig. an impossible combination

3 an impossible turn of events (idiom)

1 fire of war everywhere (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war

1 lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape