青云直上 meaning in English
float upon the clouds; be promoted quickly in an official career; be promoted to higher and higher posts; come up in the world; get rapid promotion or a series of successes; have a meteoric rise; hit the highest (literary) honours; rapid advancement; rapidly to go up in the world; rapid promotion of one's position; rise to fame swiftly
Examples
- I know kim was rising to the top .
我知道，吉姆正青云直上。 - Often the good suffer, and often the wicked prosper .
好人总是受气遭殃，坏人往往青云直上。 - They are hopeful of achievement resolute in avoidance .
他们对前途充满希望，相信可以一帆风顺，青云直上。 - Do blundering old military dug-outs love the successful young captains who supersede them ?
难道那些作战失利的老行伍会爱那些取代他们的青云直上的青年军官吗？ - Clyde saw his possible marriage to the girl as a dismal ending to all his hopes for a bright future .
克莱德认为，要是他不得不与这姑娘结婚，那么他想要青云直上的一切希望都将化为泡影。