腾蛟起凤
téng​jiāo​qǐ​fèng

exceptional talent

  • created sense approved 腾蛟起凤/騰蛟起鳳 · téng​jiāo​qǐ​fèng · exceptional talent — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    腾蛟起凤 / 騰蛟起鳳

    téng​jiāo​qǐ​fèng

    exceptional talent

    soaring dragons and dancing phoenixes; describes someone with exceptional literary or artistic talent, or a gathering of geniuses displaying their brilliance

    腾 (literal) → 腾/騰 · téng · to soar 蛟 (literal) → 蛟 · jiāo · flood dragon 起 (literal) → 起 · qǐ · to rise 凤 (literal) → 凤/鳳 · fèng · phoenix

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

    created sense