towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom); great oaks from little acorns grow
trad. 萬丈高樓平地起
Also written 萬丈高樓平地起【wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ】
Characters in this word
7万
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used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]
- Pinyin
- mò
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 1323 of 2500
丈
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measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m), to measure, husband, polite appellation for an older male
- Pinyin
- zhàng
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 25048 of 2500
高
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surname Gao
- Pinyin
- Gāo
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 681 of 2500
楼
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surname Lou
- Pinyin
- Lóu
- Traditional
- 樓
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 3173 of 2500
平
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surname Ping
- Pinyin
- Píng
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 9521 of 2500
地
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-ly, structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- Pinyin
- de
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 271 of 2500
起
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to rise, to raise, to get up, to set out, to start, to appear, to launch, to initiate (action), to draft, to establish, to get (from a depot or counter), verb suffix, to start, starting from (a time, place, price etc), classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance, classifier for groups: batch, group
- Pinyin
- qǐ
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 687 of 2500