异军突起 — Chinese idiom

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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