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拾级而上

shè jí ér shàng

4-character word Traditional 拾級而上

What 拾级而上 means

1. to walk slowly up a flight of steps (idiom)

The characters in 拾级而上

• 拾shèto ascend in light steps
• 级jílevel; grade; rank
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…

Example sentences

• 他一步一步地拾级而上。
  He went up the steps slowly.