白手起家
Traditional form:
白手起家
Pinyin (reading):
báishǒuqǐjiā
Definitions:
- (idiom) to build up from nothing; to start from scratch
Characters:
- 白 - white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright
- 手 - hand
- 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
- 家 - house, home, residence; family
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