self-made
🇺🇸
/ˌself ˈmeɪd/
🇬🇧
/ˌself ˈmeɪd/
adjective
R
rich or successful because of your own hard work, not because you were given money
He is a self-made man who built his business from nothing.
他是一个白手起家的人，从零开始建立了自己的事业。
translation
白手起家