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拔地而起

Mandarin · pinyin bá dì ér qǐ

Meanings

  1. (idiom) (of a building etc) to rise out of the ground
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拔
bá · uproot, pull out
地
de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
而
ér · and; and then; and yet; but; Kangxi radical 126
起
qǐ · rise, stand up; go up; begin
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2–4–2–3 · ba2 di4 er2 qi3

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phrase

  1. (of a mountain peak, building, etc.) to rise steeply from the ground

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