他是靠用手推车兜售自己烤制的食品而得以发迹的。 He has come up in the world since he peddled his own baked goods from a pushcart.
现已发迹的人，都爱想这完全是自己一手做成的；他的夫人会予以一笑，并就此算数（让他吹吹）。 Every man who is high up love to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smile, and let it go at that.
你弟弟是不是发迹了？他过去地位十分卑微，现在当了政府官员的顾问，是左右社会的人物了！ Hasn't your brother gone up in the world! He used to have such a low position, and now he's advising government officials and leading society!
自从我上次见到他们以来，他们已经发迹了。 They've come up in the world since I last met them.
