飞黄腾达 — Chinese idiom

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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