拔地而起
bá​dì'ér​qǐ

to rise steeply

  • created sense approved 拔地而起 · bá​dì'ér​qǐ · to rise steeply — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拔地而起

    bá​dì'ér​qǐ

    to rise steeply

    to rise steeply and suddenly from the ground; used to describe mountain peaks or tall buildings standing out against the landscape

    拔地 (literal) → 拔地 · bá​dì · to rise steeply 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 起 (literal) → 起 · qǐ · up

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

    created sense