拾级而上 shèjí'érshàng ascend stairs Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 1 sentence 他拾级而上,登上了山顶。 tā shèjí'érshàng, dēngshàng le shāndǐng. He climbed the stairs step by step and reached the mountain peak. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary