高耸入云 — Chinese idiom
高耸入云
gāo sǒng rù yún
Traditional: 高聳入雲
Meaning
- tall and erect, reaching through the clouds ; used to describe tall mountain or skyscraper
Character by character
- 高gāotall, lofty; high, elevated
- 耸sǒngto excite, to urge; to raise; to shrug; lofty, tow
- 入rùto enter, to come in; to join
- 云yúncloud; to say, to speak
Idioms sharing a character
- 一见高低 yī jiàn gāo dī
- 不识高低 bù shí gāo dī
- 债台高筑 zhài tái gāo zhù
- 功高不赏 gōng gāo bù shǎng
- 功高望重 gōng gāo wàng zhòng
- 功高盖主 gōng gāo gài zhǔ
- 另请高明 lìng qǐng gāo míng
- 另谋高就 lìng móu gāo jiù
- 好高骛远 hào gāo wù yuǎn
- 居高临下 jū gāo lín xià
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