登堂入室 — Chinese idiom
登堂入室
dēng táng rù shì
Meaning
- (lit.) from the main room, enter the inner chamber
- (fig.) to go to the next level; to attain a higher level
Character by character
- 登dēngto rise, to mount, to board, to climb
- 堂tánghall, large room; government office; cousins
- 入rùto enter, to come in; to join
- 室shìhouse, home; room, chamber
Idioms sharing a character
- 一步登天 yī bù dēng tiān
- 捷足先登 jié zú xiān dēng
- 登高望远 dēng gāo wàng yuǎn
- 粉墨登场 fěn mò dēng chǎng
- 难于登天 nán yú dēng tiān
- 冠冕堂皇 guān miǎn táng huáng
- 升堂入室 shēng táng rù shì
- 哄堂大笑 hōng táng dà xiào
- 四世同堂 sì shì tóng táng
- 坐不垂堂 zuò bù chuí táng
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