万丈高楼平地起

wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ

Định nghĩa

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

Từ cấu thành 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