- reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
Characters
- 一 (一): one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 步 (步): surname Bu
- 登 (登): 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 (天): day; sky; heaven
Resources
- Wiktionary: 一步登天
- MDBG: 一步登天
- Examples with 一步登天 on Tatoeba
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