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平步青云
píng bù qīng yún
What 平步青云 means
- to rapidly go up in the world
- meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc)
The characters in 平步青云
- 平píngflat; level; smooth; to make even; to level; equal; on the same level
- 步bùa step; a pace; walk
- 青qīnggreen; blue; black
- 云yún(classical) to say
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