异军突起

Traditional form:

異軍突起

Pinyin (reading):

yìjūntūqǐ

Definitions:

• to emerge as a new force to be reckoned with (idiom)

Characters:

• 异 - different, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising
• 军 - army, military; soldiers, troops
• 突 - sudden, abrupt, unexpected
• 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up

Traditional characters:

• 異 - different, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising
• 軍 - army, military; soldiers, troops
• 突 - sudden, abrupt, unexpected
• 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up