出处:按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第202页(228字)
高举竹竿代替旗帜,起来斗争,泛指人民起义,例隋炀帝荒淫无道,致使人民生活暗无天日,纷纷揭竿而起。
Yang Di of the Sui Dynasty was a licentious and evil man.The people lived in a world of darkness and finally rose up in rebelhon.