high buildings rise from the level ground -- start from scratch
Pingdiliaotai, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p í NGD ì L ó ut á I, which means a career without foundation. It comes from the Song Dynasty's Lou Yao's two songs of attacking the rose and visiting the temple of protecting the saint in Damei mountain.
explain
This is a metaphor for a career that was originally built without foundation
source
In the Song Dynasty, Lou Yao's two songs of visiting the temple of protecting the saints in Damei mountain: "when you travel to the highest mountain, the sky is half full, but you don't know that there are buildings on the flat ground."
Examples
~, it's better for Gao Liuying. Secrets of painting
usage
It's an object or attribute; it's a business built up with nothing
Chinese PinYin : píng dì lóu tái
high buildings rise from the level ground -- start from scratch
settle a matter by leaving it unsettled. bù liǎo liǎo zhī
Hide the edge and keep the edge. cáng fēng liǎn ruì