平地楼台
píng​dì​lóu​tái

to start from scratch

  • created reference approved 平地楼台/平地樓臺 → 白手起家 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    平地楼台 / 平地樓臺 píng​dì​lóu​tái

    白手起家 bái​shǒu​qǐ​jiā

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 平地楼台/平地樓臺 · píng​dì​lóu​tái · to start from scratch — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    平地楼台 / 平地樓臺

    píng​dì​lóu​tái

    to start from scratch

    (idiom) a tall building rising from level ground; an achievement or business built from the ground up without any prior foundation

    平地 (literal) → 平地 · píng​dì · level ground 楼台 (literal) → 楼台/樓臺 · lóu​tái · tower

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

    created sense