等而下之
Traditional form:
等而下之
Pinyin (reading):
děng'érxiàzhī
Definitions:
- going from there to lower grades (idiom)
Characters:
- 等 - rank, grade; same, equal; to wait
- 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
- 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
- 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
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