平地起家
Traditional form:
平地起家
Pinyin (reading):
píngdìqǐjiā
Definitions:
- to start from scratch (idiom)
Characters:
- 平 - flat, level, even; peaceful
- 地 - earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
- 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
- 家 - house, home, residence; family
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