升腾 (shēng téng) — to rise; to surge upward (literal: of smoke, flames; figurative: of emotions, ambitions)
Definition
升腾 (shēngténg) is a literary verb for things rising or surging upward — usually smoke, flames, or heat, sometimes abstract like emotions or courage. Common in formal writing and is also used in the separable pattern 升腾起来.
verb
to riseto surge upward (literal: of smoke, flames; figurative: of emotions, ambitions)
Examples
- 升腾。Nóng yān cóng chuāng hu shēng téng qǐ lái.Thick smoke rose from the window.
- 升腾。Tā de yǒng qì shēng téng qǐ lái.His courage surged.
- 升腾。Rè qì cóng guō lǐ bú duàn shēng téng.Heat kept rising from the pot.
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