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拔地而起

bá dì ér qǐ

4-character word

What 拔地而起 means

1. idiom(of a building etc) to rise out of the ground

The characters in 拔地而起

• 拔báto pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction
• 地dìearth; ground; field
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up

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