| 平步青云 |
píng bù qīng yún |
to rapidly go up in the world / meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc) |
| 平 |
Píng |
surname Ping |
| 平 |
píng |
flat; level; smooth / to make even; to level / equal; on the same level / (bound form) fair; impartial / to tie; to draw / (bound form) average; ordinary / (bound form) calm; peaceful / (bound form) to quell; to suppress; to put down / (abbr. for 平声) / (coll.) square meter (abbr. for 平方米) |
| 步 |
Bù |
surname Bu |
| 步 |
bù |
a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process / situation |
| 青 |
Qīng |
short name for Qinghai 青海 |
| 青 |
qīng |
green / blue / black / youth / young (of people) |
| 青云 |
qīng yún |
clear sky / fig. high official position / noble |
| 云 |
yún |
(classical) to say |
| 云 |
Yún |
surname Yun / short name for Yunnan 云南 |
| 云 |
yún |
cloud / CL:朵 |