一跃而起

Traditional form:

一躍而起

Pinyin (reading):

yīyuè'érqǐ

Definitions:

• to jump up suddenly
• to bound up
• to rise up in one bound

Characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 跃 - to skip, to jump, to frolic
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up

Traditional characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 躍 - to skip, to jump, to frolic
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up