{"path":"/entry/44419","title":"扶摇直上 / 扶搖直上 (fú yáo zhí shàng) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"扶摇直上 / 扶搖直上 (fú yáo zhí shàng): to skyrocket. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":44419,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["扶摇直上"],"TRADITIONAL":["扶搖直上"]}},"phonetic":"fú yáo zhí shàng","phoneticKey":"fu2 yao2 zhi2 shang4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to skyrocket","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to get quick promotion in one's career","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":40691,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From Zhuangzi","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"鹏之徙于南冥也，水击三千里，抟扶摇而上者九万里。","traditional":"鵬之徙於南冥也，水擊三千里，摶扶搖而上者九萬里。"},"phonetic":"Péng zhī xǐ yú nán míng yě, shuǐ jī sān qiān lǐ, tuán fúyáo ér shàng zhě jiǔ wàn lǐ.","english":"When the peng is removing to the Southern Ocean it flaps (its wings) on the water for 3000 li. Then it ascends on a whirlwind 90,000 li.","ref":"Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}