






高步云衢 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to achieve a high and prominent position, often through academic excellence or career advancement; to attain eminence”. Literally, “to walk high on the cloud thoroughfare”.

Chinese and English fill-in vocabulary worksheets
Open the tool →
Printable tracing sheets with a QR learning companion
Open the tool →
Create PNGs with pinyin, highlight character parts or remove strokes
Open the tool →
Turn a Chinese character or sentence into a GIF or MP4
Open the tool →高步云衢 (gāo bù yún qú) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to achieve a high and prominent position, often through academic excellence or career advancement; to attain eminence”.
高步云衢 is pronounced gāo bù yún qú in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 高步云衢 means “to walk high on the cloud thoroughfare”. It is used to mean “to achieve a high and prominent position, often through academic excellence or career advancement; to attain eminence”.
步:行走;衢:大路;云衢:云中大路,比喻显位。原指官居显位。后也指科举登第。