四起

sìqǐ
  1. to spring up everywhere
  2. from all around

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to spring up from every direction
  2. to spring up from every direction

Wiktionary

由四方興起。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 四 sì
  1. four
  2. 4
2 起 qǐ
  1. to rise
  2. to raise
  3. to get up
  4. to set out
  5. to start
  6. to appear
  7. to launch
  8. to initiate (action)
  9. to draft
  10. to establish
  11. to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. verb suffix, to start
  13. starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. classifier for groups: batch, group

Containing this entry

烽火四起 fēnghuǒsìqǐ the fire of war in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
烽煙四起 fēngyānsìqǐ lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
狼煙四起 lángyānsìqǐ fire beacons on all sides (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war