commence business , now developed into a grand scale but with hardly anything to start with(téng kōng ér qǐ)

commence business , now developed into a grand scale but with hardly anything to start with

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin, is t é NGK ō ng é RQ ǐ, which means to rise to the sky. From the romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Idiom explanation

Soar: to the sky.

The origin of Idioms

Chu people in the Qing Dynasty won the third chapter of the romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties: "Li Jingzheng wanted to stay, only to see that the woman turned the horse's head, and the horse soared into the air and disappeared."

Idiom usage

As a predicate or adverbial; used of things, etc.

Chinese PinYin : téng kōng ér qǐ