平步青云 píng bù qīng yún

to rapidly go up in the world

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 25568th word

Definitions

  1. 1. to rapidly go up in the world
  2. 2. meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc)

Characters

Character Meaning
平 píng HSK 3
flat; level; peaceful
步 bù HSK 2
walk; a step; a pace
青 qīng HSK 5
green; blue; young (of people)
云 yún HSK 4
cloud; abbr. for Yunnan Province 云南省yún nán shěng