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Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「騰達飛黃」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.
Describes a horse galloping. It is a metaphor for sudden success and rapid promotion in official position. Same as “rapid rise to prominence”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
téng dá fēi huáng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
tang4 daat6 fei1 wong4
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