白手起家 báishǒuqǐjiā to start from scratch Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 白手起家 báishǒuqǐjiā to start from scratch adjective (idiom) To build up a business or career from nothing; to achieve success through one's own hard work without family assets or outside help. 她父亲是一位白手起家的百万富翁。 tā fùqīn shì yī wèi báishǒuqǐjiā de bǎiwànfùwēng. Her father is a self-made millionaire. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.49 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 1.11 per million Cross-References Same as 白手兴家 báishǒuxīngjiā白手成家 báishǒuchéngjiāAntonym 倾家荡产 qīngjiādàngchǎnSynonym 自力更生 zìlìgēngshēng平地楼台 píngdìlóutái Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
白手起家 báishǒuqǐjiā to start from scratch adjective (idiom) To build up a business or career from nothing; to achieve success through one's own hard work without family assets or outside help. 她父亲是一位白手起家的百万富翁。 tā fùqīn shì yī wèi báishǒuqǐjiā de bǎiwànfùwēng. Her father is a self-made millionaire. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.49 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 1.11 per million Cross-References Same as 白手兴家 báishǒuxīngjiā白手成家 báishǒuchéngjiāAntonym 倾家荡产 qīngjiādàngchǎnSynonym 自力更生 zìlìgēngshēng平地楼台 píngdìlóutái Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
