白手起家 meaning in English
start empty-handed; build up from nothing; start from scratch; start from taw; build up one's fortune from scratch; rise in life without help; rise by one's own efforts; make a fortune starting from scratch 短语和例子
Examples
- Hers was a rags-to-riches story .
她的经历是白手起家。 - He came here without friends or possessions and made his fortune .
他来时举目无亲、身无长物，全凭白手起家。 - Americans love-and many are themselves living examples of-the "self-made man. "
美国人喜欢“白手起家的人”，他们自己有许多就是活生生的例证。 - Starting bare-handed , you have built up so many steel plants . this is nothing short of miracles .
你们白手起家，修建了这么多钢铁厂，这简直是个奇迹。 - He was a self-made man: an example of what may be accomplished by cunning and selfishness .
他是一个白手起家的人：一个依靠狡猾和自私而名利双收的典型。