拔地而起 — Chinese idiom
拔地而起
bá dì ér qǐ
Meaning
- (of a building etc) to rise out of the ground
Character by character
- 拔báto uproot, to pull out; to select, to promote
- 地dìearth, ground, soil; land, region; structural part
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 起qǐto begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
Idioms sharing a character
- 一毛不拔 yī máo bù bá
- 出类拔萃 chū lèi bá cuì
- 剑拔弩张 jiàn bá nǔ zhāng
- 吹灯拔蜡 chuī dēng bá là
- 坚韧不拔 jiān rèn bù bá
- 拔苗助长 bá miáo zhù zhǎng
- 拔茅连茹 bá máo lián rú
- 一败涂地 yī bài tú dì
- 上天入地 shàng tiān rù dì
- 不败之地 bù bài zhī dì
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