téng​kōng'ér​qǐ

to rise into the air

  • created sense approved 腾空而起/騰空而起 · téng​kōng'ér​qǐ · to rise into the air — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    腾空而起 / 騰空而起

    téng​kōng'ér​qǐ

    to rise into the air

    To rise high into the sky; to take off or soar into the air.

    腾空 (literal) → 腾空/騰空 · téng​kōng · to soar 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 起 (literal) → 起 · qǐ · to rise

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 腾空而起/騰空而起 · téng​kōng'ér​qǐ · to rise in the world — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    腾空而起 / 騰空而起

    téng​kōng'ér​qǐ

    to rise in the world

    To rise in status or position through sheer effort and persistence; to have a meteoric rise.

    腾空 (literal) → 腾空/騰空 · téng​kōng · to soar 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 起 (literal) → 起 · qǐ · to rise

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

    created sense