平步青雲

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to rapidly go up in the world · meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc)

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. to rapidly go up in the world
  2. meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc)

Written Forms

平步青雲Traditional · Main Form
平步青云Alternate Form

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