| 腾空而起 |
téng kōng ér qǐ |
(idiom) to rise into the air |
| 腾 |
téng |
(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) |
| 腾空 |
téng kōng |
to rise into the air; to become airborne |
| 空 |
kōng |
empty / air / sky / in vain |
| 空 |
kòng |
to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time |
| 而 |
ér |
and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast) |
| 起 |
qǐ |
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 |