飞黄腾达 — Chinese idiom
飞黄腾达
Fēi huáng téng dá
Traditional: 飛黃騰達
Meaning
- lit. the divine steed Feihuang gallops
- fig. to achieve meteoric success in one's career
Character by character
- 飞Fēito fly, to dart; high
- 黄huángyellow; surname
- 腾téngto fly, to soar; to gallop, to prance; rising, ste
- 达dáto reach, to arrive at; intelligent
Idioms sharing a character
- 劳燕分飞 láo yàn fēn fēi
- 展翅高飞 zhǎn chì gāo fēi
- 战火纷飞 zhàn huǒ fēn fēi
- 插翅难飞 chā chì nán fēi
- 比翼双飞 bǐ yì shuāng fēi
- 比翼齐飞 bǐ yì qí fēi
- 灰飞烟灭 huī fēi yān miè
- 神采飞扬 shén cǎi fēi yáng
- 笨鸟先飞 bèn niǎo xiān fēi
- 血肉横飞 xuè ròu héng fēi
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