拔地而起 — Chinese idiom

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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