青云直上 — Chinese idiom
青云直上
qīng yún zhí shàng
Traditional: 青雲直上
Meaning
- rising straight up in a clear sky ; rapid promotion to a high post
- meteoric career
Character by character
- 青qīngnature's color; blue, green, black; young
- 云yúncloud; to say, to speak
- 直zhístraight, vertical; candid, direct, frank
- 上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; prev
Idioms sharing a character
- 名垂青史 míng chuí qīng shǐ
- 炉火纯青 lú huǒ chún qīng
- 碧海青天 bì hǎi qīng tiān
- 万古长青 wàn gǔ cháng qīng
- 踏青赏春 tà qīng shǎng chūn
- 踏青赏花 tà qīng shǎng huā
- 雨过天青 yǔ guò tiān qīng
- 青天白日 qīng tiān bái rì
- 青天霹雳 qīng tiān pī lì
- 青山绿水 qīng shān lǜ shuǐ
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