投袂而起

Traditional form:

投袂而起

Pinyin (reading):

tóumèi'érqǐ

Definitions:

• lit. to shake one's sleeves and rise (idiom)
• fig. to get excited and move to action

Characters:

• 投 - to pitch, to throw; to bid, to invest
• 袂 - sleeves
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up

Traditional characters:

• 投 - to pitch, to throw; to bid, to invest
• 袂 - sleeves
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up