万丈高楼平地起

wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ

Definisi

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

Kata penyusun 万丈高楼平地起

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