白手起家

白手起家 bái shǒu qǐ jiā ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚ baak6 sau2 hei2 gaa1

(idiom) to build up from nothing; to start from scratch

Stroke order

Practice writing

Draw 白 (1 of 4) — stroke by stroke.

Character breakdown

白 radical 白 = 日
手 radical 手
起 radical 走 = 走己
家 radical 宀 = 宀豕

Example sentences

林肯總統就是我們所謂白手起家的男人。 President Lincoln was what we call a self-made man.

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