破壁飞去
pò​bì​fēi​qù

to rise to eminence

  • created reference approved 破壁飞去/破壁飛去 → 画龙点睛/畫龍點睛 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    破壁飞去 / 破壁飛去 pò​bì​fēi​qù

    画龙点睛 / 畫龍點睛 huà​lóng​diǎn​jīng

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 破壁飞去/破壁飛去 · pò​bì​fēi​qù · to rise to eminence — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    破壁飞去 / 破壁飛去

    pò​bì​fēi​qù

    to rise to eminence

    (idiom) to rise suddenly from obscurity to a position of power or high status; based on a legend where a dragon painted on a wall came to life and flew away after its eyes were added

    破壁 (literal) → 破壁 · pò​bì · to break through a wall 飞 (literal) → 飞/飛 · fēi · to fly 去 (literal) → 去 · qù · to go

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

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