青雲

青云
qīngyún
  1. clear sky
  2. fig. high official position
  3. noble

CEDICT

  1. (literary) a lofty position
  2. (literary) clouds that are the color of azure
  3. a lofty position
  4. clouds that are the color of azure

Wiktionary

  1. 青色的雲。指天空。
  2. 比喻顯要的地位。如：「平步青雲」。《史記．卷七十九．范雎蔡澤傳》：「賈不意君能　自致於青雲之上，賈不敢復讀天下之書，不敢復與天下之事。」《文選．揚雄．解嘲》：　「當塗者升青雲，失路者委溝渠。」
  3. 比喻志行高遠。
  4. 比喻隱逸的生活。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 青 qīng
  1. green
  2. blue
  3. black
  4. youth
  5. young (of people)
2 雲 yún cloud

classifier: 朵

Containing this entry

劉青雲 Liú Qīngyún Lau Ching-Wan (1964-), Hong Kong actor
平步青雲 píngbùqīngyún
  1. to rapidly go up in the world
  2. meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc)
青雲直上 qīngyúnzhíshàng
  1. rising straight up in a clear sky (idiom); rapid promotion to a high post
  2. meteoric career
青雲譜 Qīngyúnpǔ see 青雲譜區 Qīngyúnpǔ Qū

Related entries

昊天 hàotiān clear sky
晴天 qíngtiān
  1. clear sky
  2. sunny day
明天是晴天，很熱。

Tomorrow will be a sunny day, and very hot.

Source: Tatoeba

青天 qīngtiān
  1. clear sky
  2. blue sky
  3. upright and honorable (official)
高尚 gāoshàng
  1. noble
  2. lofty
  3. refined
  4. exquisite
矜貴 jīnguì
  1. high-born
  2. noble
  3. aristocratic
  4. conceited
高貴 gāoguì
  1. grandeur
  2. noble
你妹妹看上去那么高贵，就像是个公主一样。

Your sister looks as noble as if she were a princess.

Source: Tatoeba

世 shì
  1. life
  2. age
  3. generation
  4. era
  5. world
  6. lifetime
  7. epoch
  8. descendant
  9. noble
他在數年前去世了。

He died some years since.

Source: Tatoeba