rags to riches

基本解释

Impact: Huang may be China's ultimate rags to riches to prison jumpsuit story.
影响力：在中国，白手起家、再沦为阶下囚的传奇里，黄光裕大概要算“终极版”了吧！
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America no longer seems to be a place where you can work your way up, from rags to riches.
美国不再是那个你可以靠努力向上爬，可以白手起家的地方了。
Of course people sense how far birth still determines fate: those who make it from humble beginnings are admired because rags to riches stories are so rare.
人们当然感觉得到出身在多大程度上决定命运：那些出身低微的成功人士受到仰慕，因为白手起家的故事太罕见了。

"And that's our special that really examines that life of the rags-to-riches story;
Instead of the rags to riches life, imagine the riches to rags life.
这次不是由贫到富的生命，而是由富变贫的生命。
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Rags to riches-- that's a wonderful, inspiring life.
从一无所有到家财万贯-,这是精彩而鼓舞人心的生活。
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These are human stories, rags to riches tales, kids from the hood who made it good.
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