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Open the tool →干霄凌云 (gān xiāo líng yún) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to soar to the sky, touching the clouds”.
干霄凌云 is pronounced gān xiāo líng yún in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 干霄凌云 means “Reaching the sky and soaring above the clouds”. It is used to mean “to soar to the sky, touching the clouds”.
高高地耸起,直逼云霄。比喻前程远大,能够迅速成才。