萬丈高樓平地起 (maan6 zoeng6 gou1 lau4 ping4 dei6 hei2) — the journey of a thousand miles starts with one step (lit., "skyscrapers go up from (what was once) flat earth") in Cantonese
maanˍ₆萬zoengˍ₆丈gouˉ¹高lauˎ₄樓pingˎ₄平deiˍ₆地heiˊ²起简 万丈高楼平地起
Mandarin Pinyin: wan4 zhang4 gao1 lou2 ping2 di4 qi3
Meaning of 萬丈高樓平地起
nounthe journey of a thousand miles starts with one step (lit., "skyscrapers go up from (what was once) flat earth")