腾空而起 — Chinese idiom
腾空而起
téng kōng ér qǐ
Traditional: 騰空而起
Meaning
- to rise into the air
Character by character
- 腾téngto fly, to soar; to gallop, to prance; rising, ste
- 空kōnghollow, empty, deserted, bare
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 起qǐto begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
Idioms sharing a character
- 民怨沸腾 mín yuàn fèi téng
- 热血沸腾 rè xuè fèi téng
- 万马奔腾 wàn mǎ bēn téng
- 飞黄腾达 Fēi huáng téng dá
- 龙腾虎跃 lóng téng hǔ yuè
- 一扫而空 yī sǎo ér kōng
- 一纸空文 yī zhǐ kōng wén
- 人去楼空 rén qù lóu kōng
- 人财两空 rén cái liǎng kōng
- 两手空空 liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
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