Illustration: Xia Qing
Chinese idioms
风生水起
(fēng shēng shuǐ qǐ)
Doing really well in one's job or business.
A: Incredible! I'm crazy about Jeremy Lin. He is playing so well!
太不可思议了！我疯狂地迷上林书豪了, 他打得风生水起啊！
(tài bú kě sī yì le ！wǒ fēng kuáng dì mí shàng lín shū háo le , tā dǎ dé fēng shēng shuǐ qǐ ā !)
B: Yeah, he is really a superstar now!
是啊,他现在已经是个超级明星了！
(shì ā ,tā xiàn zài yǐ jīng shì gè chāo jí míng xīng le ！)
A: That's right! You have got to know that he was almost fired by his team a couple of days ago.
没错儿！可是要知道他十几天前还差点被球队裁掉呢。
(méi cuò ér ！kě shì yào zhī dào tā shí jǐ tiān qián hái chà diǎn bèi qiú duì cái diào ne 。)