lit. the divine steed Feihuang gallops (idiom); fig. to achieve meteoric success in one's career
trad. 飛黃騰達
Also written 飛黃騰達【Fēi huáng téng dá】
Characters in this word
4飞
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to fly
- Pinyin
- fēi
- Traditional
- 飛
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 1437 of 2500
黄
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surname Huang or Hwang
- Pinyin
- Huáng
- Traditional
- 黃
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 4900 of 2500
腾
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(bound form) to gallop; to prance, (bound form) to soar; to hover, to make room; to clear out; to vacate, (verb suffix indicating repeated action)
- Pinyin
- téng
- Traditional
- 騰
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 43966 of 2500
达
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surname Da
- Pinyin
- Dá
- Traditional
- 達
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1283 of 2500