青云直上
Traditional form:
青雲直上
Pinyin (reading):
qīngyúnzhíshàng
Definitions:
- rising straight up in a clear sky (idiom); rapid promotion to a high post
- meteoric career
Characters:
- 青 - nature's color; blue, green, black; young
- 云 - cloud; to say, to speak
- 直 - straight, vertical; candid, direct, frank
- 上 - above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous
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