拾级而上

Traditional form:

拾級而上

Pinyin (reading):

shèjí'érshàng

Definitions:

• to walk slowly up a flight of steps (idiom)

Characters:

• 拾 - to collect, to pick up, to tidy up; ten (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)
• 级 - level, rank; class, grade
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 上 - above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous

Traditional characters:

• 拾 - to collect, to pick up, to tidy up; ten (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)
• 級 - level, rank; class, grade
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 上 - above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous