老鸹窝里出凤凰
lǎo​gua​wō​lǐ​chū​fèng​huáng

a phoenix from a crow's nest

  • created sense approved 老鸹窝里出凤凰/老鴰窩裡出鳳凰 · lǎo​gua​wō​lǐ​chū​fèng​huáng · a phoenix from a crow's nest — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    老鸹窝里出凤凰 / 老鴰窩裡出鳳凰

    lǎo​gua​wō​lǐ​chū​fèng​huáng

    a phoenix from a crow's nest

    Extraordinary offspring born to mediocre or humble parents; used as a metaphor for talent emerging from a low-status or common background. background

    老鸹 (literal) → 老鸹/老鴰 · lǎo​gua · crow 窝 (literal) → 窝/窩 · wō · nest 里 (bound) → 里/裡 · li · in 出 (literal) → 出 · chū · to produce 凤凰 (literal) → 凤凰/鳳凰 · fèng​huáng · phoenix

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

    created sense