白手起家 [－－－－]

Jyutping baak6 sau2 hei2 gaa1
Pinyin bái shǒu qǐ jiā

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to build up from nothing
  2. to start from scratch
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to go from rags to riches; to start an enterprise from scratch; to build up from nothing; to start from scratch
    (syn.) 白手成家
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    林肯总统就是我们所谓白手起家的男人。
    林肯總統就是我們所謂白手起家的男人。
    lín kěn zǒng tǒng jiù shì wǒ men suǒ wèi bái shǒu qǐ jiā de nán rén 。
    • President Lincoln was what we call a self-made man.