平地起家 — Chinese idiom
平地起家
píng dì qǐ jiā
Meaning
- to start from scratch
Character by character
- 平píngflat, level, even; peaceful
- 地dìearth, ground, soil; land, region; structural part
- 起qǐto begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
- 家jiāhouse, home, residence; family
Idioms sharing a character
- 一马平川 yī mǎ píng chuān
- 凹凸不平 āo tū bù píng
- 四平八稳 sì píng bā wěn
- 四海升平 sì hǎi shēng píng
- 坎坷不平 kǎn kě bù píng
- 天下太平 tiān xià tài píng
- 太平盛世 tài píng shèng shì
- 平安无事 píng ān wú shì
- 平平无奇 píng píng wú qí
- 平心而论 píng xīn ér lùn
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