yún​qǐ​lóng​xiāng

great heroes rise with the times

  • created reference approved 云起龙骧/雲起龍驤 → 云起龙襄/雲起龍襄 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    云起龙骧 / 雲起龍驤 yún​qǐ​lóng​xiāng

    云起龙襄 / 雲起龍襄 yún​qǐ​lóng​xiāng

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    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 云起龙骧/雲起龍驤 · yún​qǐ​lóng​xiāng · great heroes rise with the times — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    云起龙骧 / 雲起龍驤

    yún​qǐ​lóng​xiāng

    great heroes rise with the times

    The clouds rise and the dragon leaps; used as a metaphor for great heroes emerging and coming into power when the right opportunity arises.

    云 (literal) → 云/雲 · yún · cloud 起 (literal) → 起 · qǐ · to rise 龙 (literal) → 龙/龍 · lóng · dragon 骧 (literal) → 骧/驤 · xiāng · to raise

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense