白手起家

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Chinese

with bare hands; being empty-handed; from nothing
with bare hands; being empty-handed; from nothing; from scratch
 
to make one’s family prosper and establish a competency; to build up; to grow and thrive
to make one’s family prosper and establish a competency; to build up; to grow and thrive; to make one's fortune, name, etc.
 
trad. (白手起家) 白手 起家
simp. #(白手起家) 白手 起家

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Idiom

白手起家

  1. to go from rags to riches; to start an enterprise from scratch; to build up from nothing; to start from scratch

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