touch the sky

touch the sky

As a Chinese idiom, G ā OS ǒ NgR ù y ú n in pinyin means standing high and straight into the clouds; it describes tall and straight buildings and mountains. From the memory of the long march.

Idiom explanation

Towering: upright, high.

The origin of Idioms

Liu Bocheng's "Long March of recollection" said: "I have climbed the snowy mountains and trudged the uninhabited grassland."

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate and attributive to describe buildings, mountains, etc. example the towering World Trade Center has disappeared in 9 / 11.