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飞黄腾达

Fēi huáng téng dá

4-character word Traditional 飛黃騰達

What 飞黄腾达 means

1. lit. the divine steed Feihuang gallops (idiom)
2. fig. to achieve meteoric success in one's career

The characters in 飞黄腾达

• 飞fēito fly
• 黄huángyellow; pornographic; to fall through
• 腾téng(bound form) to gallop; to prance; (bound form) to soar; to hover; to make room…
• 达dáto attain; to reach; to amount to

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