"上臺階" meaning in Chinese

See 上臺階 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 上台阶 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 上臺階
  1. (figurative) to reach new heights Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-上臺階-zh-verb-XbaCSTU1 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "上台阶",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "上臺階",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to reach new heights"
      ],
      "id": "en-上臺階-zh-verb-XbaCSTU1",
      "links": [
        [
          "reach",
          "reach"
        ],
        [
          "new",
          "new"
        ],
        [
          "height",
          "height"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to reach new heights"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàng táijiē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄝ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàng táijiē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄝ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàng táijie"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shang⁴ tʻai²-chieh¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàng tái-jyē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shanq tairjie"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šan tajcze",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "шан тайцзе"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɑŋ⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "上臺階"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "上台阶",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "上臺階",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 上",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 臺",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 階",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to reach new heights"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reach",
          "reach"
        ],
        [
          "new",
          "new"
        ],
        [
          "height",
          "height"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to reach new heights"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàng táijiē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄝ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàng táijiē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄝ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàng táijie"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shang⁴ tʻai²-chieh¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàng tái-jyē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shanq tairjie"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šan tajcze",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "шан тайцзе"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɑŋ⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "上臺階"
}

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