拾级而上 — Chinese idiom
拾级而上
shè jí ér shàng
Traditional: 拾級而上
Meaning
- to walk slowly up a flight of steps
Character by character
- 拾shèto collect, to pick up, to tidy up; ten (bankers'
- 级jílevel, rank; class, grade
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 上shàngabove, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; prev
Idioms sharing a character
- 不可收拾 bù kě shōu shi
- 俯拾皆是 fǔ shí jiē shì
- 拾人涕唾 shí rén tì tuò
- 拾人牙慧 shí rén yá huì
- 拾遗补缺 shí yí bǔ quē
- 拾金不昧 shí jīn bù mèi
- 路不拾遗 lù bù shí yí
- 道不拾遗 dào bù shí yí
- 一哄而散 yī hōng ér sàn
- 一扫而空 yī sǎo ér kōng
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