白手起家

White; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; surname; spoken lines in opera.

Hand; person skilled in a certain type of work; person engaged in certain work; classifier for skill; personal; convenient.

To rise, get up, stand up; to start, begin, initiate; to raise, lift; to appear, emerge; to recover, get better; to take out, fetch.

Home; house; family; refers to a school of thought; classifier for families or businesses; noun suffix for a specialist; polite term for relatives.