飛黃騰達

Chinese

			to roar; to rise up; to rise to power and position
trad. (飛黃騰達)		飛黃	騰達
simp. (飞黄腾达)		飞黄	腾达
Literally: “the divine steed Huang flashes past”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēihuáng téngdá

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄟㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄥˊ ㄉㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ wong⁴ tang⁴ daat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fēihuáng téngdá
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄟㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄥˊ ㄉㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feihwang terngdar
  - IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ tʰɤŋ³⁵ tä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fei¹ wong⁴ tang⁴ daat⁶
  - Yale: fēi wòhng tàhng daaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ wong⁴ tang⁴ daat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ wong⁴ teng⁴ dad⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹ tʰɐŋ²¹ täːt̚²/

Noun

飛黃騰達

a meteoric rise, career success

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