平地起家

平
地
起
家
to start from scratch (idiom)

Characters and words in 平地起家

平
píng = pi + (e)ng2
surname Ping
平 = 丷 + 干 : Mnemonic symbol: a pan (平底锅) as it has a very flat and level surface.

Pocahontas (pi) is fighting with a crocodile (丷) just inside the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). She's throwing so many dried fruits (干) at it that it's totally flat (平) soon. She gives it a last blow striking with a frying pan (平).
平
píng = pi + (e)ng2
flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]
平 = 丷 + 干 : Mnemonic symbol: a pan (平底锅) as it has a very flat and level surface.

Pocahontas (pi) is fighting with a crocodile (丷) just inside the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). She's throwing so many dried fruits (干) at it that it's totally flat (平) soon. She gives it a last blow striking with a frying pan (平).
平
地
to level the land / level ground / plain
地
de = d + e5
-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
地
dì = di + Ø4
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4]
地 = 也 + 土 : Dorothy Gale (di) hates the cleanliness of the space station, so she used an excavator (也) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to dig a pile of dirt (土) out of the ground (地) for a mud bath.
起
qǐ = qi + Ø3
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group
起 = 己 + 走 : The Queen of Hearts is bored in the space station and plays a game involving a nordic walking pole and butcher's hooks. She uses the nordic walking pole to accelerate the hooks and fires them off once they have enough momentum.
起
家
to start out by / to grow an enterprise beginning with / to begin one's career by
家
傢
jia̅ = ji + a1
see 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5]
家
jia̅ = ji + a1
home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4]
家 = 宀 + 豕 : Mnemonic symbol: a framed "home sweet home" picture.

The swine (豕) graduated and wearing a graduation cap (宀), it came home to the ashram. In front of it (a1), Joan of Arc (ji) welcomes the swine and hugs it. To welcome her dear swine, she put a gigantic home sweet home (家) picture in front of the ashram.

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