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唐诗 · 登鹳雀楼
To see a thousand miles, climb one more floor. Twenty characters, and a proverb ever since.
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登鹳雀楼dēng guàn què lóuClimbing Stork Tower — Wang Zhihuan, 8th century
全诗 · THE WHOLE POEM
Bái rì yī shān jìn,白日依山尽，The white sun sets against the mountains;
Huáng Hé rù hǎi liú.黄河入海流。the Yellow River runs into the sea.
Yù qióng qiān lǐ mù,欲穷千里目，To exhaust a thousand miles of sight,
gèng shàng yì céng lóu.更上一层楼。climb one storey higher.
更上一层楼 left the poem long ago: it is now what you say to someone who has done well and could go further. Note the sandhi: 一 before the second-tone 层 is said yì.
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