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起家

qǐ jiā

2-character word

What 起家 means

to start out by
to grow an enterprise beginning with
to begin one's career by

The characters in 起家

起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up
家jiāused in 家伙

Words containing 起家

白手起家bái shǒu qǐ jiā(idiom) to build up from nothing; to start from scratch
平地起家píng dì qǐ jiāto start from scratch (idiom)

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