- rising straight up in a clear sky (idiom); rapid promotion to a high post
- meteoric career
Characters
- 青 (青): abbr. for 青海[Qing1 hai3], Qinghai Province
- 云 (云): (classical) to say
- 直 (直): surname Zhi; Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- 上 (上): used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 青云直上
- MDBG: 青云直上
- Examples with 青云直上 on Tatoeba
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