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萬丈高樓平地起
maan6 zoeng6 gou1 lau4 ping4 dei6 hei2
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the journey of a thousand miles starts with one step (lit., "skyscrapers go up from (what was once) flat earth")  Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 1824 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 23rd Mar 2008 03:06 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:萬 maan6 - ten thousand; innumerable丈 zoeng6 - husband; senior; to measure 高 gou1 - tall, high 樓 lau4 - multi-storey building 平 ping4 peng4 - peaceful; level 地 dei6 dei6*2 - earth; land; district; location 起 hei2 - rise; stand up; begin; build; remove; draft |
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