拾級而上
shè​jí'ér​shàng

to climb stairs

  • created sense approved 拾级而上/拾級而上 · shè​jí'ér​shàng · to climb stairs — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拾级而上 / 拾級而上

    shè​jí'ér​shàng

    to climb stairs

    to walk slowly up a flight of steps; to ascend one step at a time

    shí​jí'ér​shàng

    拾 (literal) → 拾 · shè · to ascend 级 (literal) → 级/級 · jí · step 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 上 (literal) → 上 · shàng · to go up

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense