异军突起 — Chinese idiom
异军突起
yì jūn tū qǐ
Traditional: 異軍突起
Meaning
- to emerge as a new force to be reckoned with
Character by character
- 异yìdifferent, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising
- 军jūnarmy, military; soldiers, troops
- 突tūsudden, abrupt, unexpected
- 起qǐto begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
Idioms sharing a character
- 同床异梦 tóng chuáng yì mèng
- 因人而异 yīn rén ér yì
- 奇珍异宝 qí zhēn yì bǎo
- 奇花异草 qí huā yì cǎo
- 好奇尚异 hào qí shàng yì
- 客死异乡 kè sǐ yì xiāng
- 日新月异 rì xīn yuè yì
- 标新取异 biāo xīn qǔ yì
- 标新立异 biāo xīn lì yì
- 标新竞异 biāo xīn jìng yì
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