风生水起
fēng​shēng​shuǐ​qǐ

thriving

  • created sense approved 风生水起/風生水起 · fēng​shēng​shuǐ​qǐ · thriving — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    风生水起 / 風生水起

    fēng​shēng​shuǐ​qǐ

    thriving

    (idiom) lit. a breeze springs up and creates waves on the water; fig. flourishing, thriving, or prosperous; used to describe a situation that is full of life and growing rapidly

    风 (literal) → 风/風 · fēng · wind 生 (literal) → 生 · shēng · to give rise to 水 (literal) → 水 · shuǐ · water 起 (literal) → 起 · qǐ · to rise

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

    created sense