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Let’s learn about the idiom 「青霄直上」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.

Refers to rising to a high position quickly. Same as “soar to the sky”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qīng xiāo zhí shàng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ching1/cheng1 siu1 jik6 seung6

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