更上層樓
gèng​shàng​céng​lóu

to reach a higher level

  • created sense approved 更上层楼/更上層樓 · gèng​shàng​céng​lóu · to reach a higher level — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    更上层楼 / 更上層樓

    gèng​shàng​céng​lóu

    to reach a higher level

    To achieve even greater progress or reach a new peak in one's work or studies; originally from a Tang Dynasty poem by [[王之涣|王之渙|wang2 zhi1 huan4]] implying that to see further, one must climb higher.

    更 (literal) → 更 · gèng · even more 上 (literal) → 上 · shàng · to go up 层楼 (literal) → 层楼/層樓 · céng​lóu · multistoried building

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