in a biographical context, from poverty to exceptional wealth
- Arabic: مِنَ الْفَقْرِ إِلَى الثَّرَاءِ (mina l-faqri ʾilā ṯ-ṯarāʾi), مِنَ الْفَقْرِ الْمُطْلَقِ إِلَى غِنَى الْفَاحِشِ (mina l-faqri l-muṭlaqi ʾilā ḡinā l-fāḥiši), مِنَ الْعُسْرِ إِلَى الْيُسْرِ (mina l-ʿusri ʾilā l-yusri)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 麻雀變鳳凰, 麻雀变凤凰 (máquè biàn fènghuáng) (sparrow turned phoenix), 白手起家 (zh) (báishǒuqǐjiā) (build up from scratch)
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