Chinese Idioms - Chengyu

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    reaching heaven in a single bound; (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success

    yī
    一
    bù
    步
    dēng
    登
    tiān
    天
    一步登天
    yī bù dēng tiān

    Word by word translation of this Chinese idiom

    一
    yī
    one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
    步
    bù
    a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process / situation / surname Bu
    登
    dēng
    to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
    天
    tiān
    day / sky / heaven
    Data is based on CC-CEDICT. See the full data in action here MDBG Chinese-English dictionary.

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