Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「破壁飛去」 and its explanation.
This feature highlights the idiom 「破壁飛去」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
Legend has it that Zhang Sengyou, a painter from the Liang Dynasty, painted a dragon on the wall. After he painted the eyes, the dragon turned into flying clouds. It is a metaphor for a person who suddenly becomes rich and powerful or whose official position is promoted rapidly.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
pò bì fēi qù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
po3 bik1 fei1 heui3
Chinese idioms, with their vast variety, hold different meanings and uses. Their abundance makes studying them rewarding, and these materials are here to help you along the way.
