青云 (qīng yún) — (literary) high official position; rapid advancement in rank; (literary) lofty virtue or moral eminence; (literary) retirement; peaceful seclusion
Definition
Literary noun almost always appearing in set phrases: 平步青云 ('soar to a high post'), 直上青云 ('rise straight to the clouds'). Don't translate it word-for-word; treat the whole idiom as the unit of meaning.
noun
(literary) high official positionrapid advancement in rank(literary) lofty virtue or moral eminence(literary) retirementpeaceful seclusion
Examples
- 。Tā nián qīng shí biàn lì zhì yào píng bù qīng yún.He set his ambition as a young man to rise rapidly in officialdom.
- 青云。Zhè wèi lǎo rén de pǐn dé rú qīng yún bān gāo jié.This elderly person's virtue is as noble as the azure clouds.
- ，青云。Gōng chéng míng jiù hòu, tā xuǎn zé yǐn tuì qīng yún.After achieving fame and success, he chose to retire into seclusion.
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