píng
qīng
yún

idiom
common

Meaning of 平步青云

平步青云 means to rise to a high position suddenly; to have a meteoric rise in one's career. Pronounced píng bù qīng yún.

  • to rise to a high position suddenly; to have a meteoric rise in one's career

Definitions & Examples

nián
jǐn
sān
shí
jiù
píng
qīng
yún
 
dāng
shàng
le
zǒng
jīng
 

At only thirty years old, he had a meteoric rise and became the general manager.

Píng
jiè
zhè
huì
 
zhōng
píng
qīng
yún
 

Thanks to this opportunity, he finally rose to a high position.

Zài
zhè
ge
háng
 
hěn
shǎo
yǒu
rén
néng
píng
qīng
yún
 

In this industry, very few people can have a meteoric rise.