万丈高楼平地起

wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ

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Definitions

1. towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom)
2. great oaks from little acorns grow

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Child Words of 万丈高楼平地起

• 起 起 qǐ: (for groups or occurrences) instance, time
• 地 地 de: -ly
• 地 地 dì: earth
• 平 平 píng: flat
• 楼 楼 lóu: house with more than 1 story
• 万 万 wàn: ten thousand
• 高 高 gāo: high
• 丈 丈 zhàng: measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)
• 平地 平地 píng dì: to level the land
• 万丈 万丈 wàn zhàng: lit. ten thousand fathoms
• 高楼 高楼 gāo lóu: high building