风生水起
Traditional form:
風生水起
Pinyin (reading):
fēngshēngshuǐqǐ
Definitions:
- lit. a breeze springs up and creates waves on the water (idiom)
- fig. flourishing
- thriving
- prosperous
Characters:
- 风 - wind; air; customs, manners; news
- 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
- 水 - water, liquid, lotion, juice
- 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
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