平步青云

Traditional form:

平步青雲

Pinyin (reading):

píngbùqīngyún

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 平 - flat, level, even; peaceful
• 步 - walk, stroll, pace, march; to make progress
• 青 - nature's color; blue, green, black; young
• 云 - cloud; to say, to speak

Traditional characters:

• 平 - flat, level, even; peaceful
• 步 - walk, stroll, pace, march; to make progress
• 青 - nature's color; blue, green, black; young
• 雲 - cloud; to say, to speak