| 层层加码 |
céng céng jiā mǎ |
to increase bit by bit / repeated increments |
| 层 |
céng |
to pile on top of one another / layer; stratum / floor (of a building); story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers |
| 层层 |
céng céng |
layer upon layer |
| 层 |
céng |
to pile on top of one another / layer; stratum / floor (of a building); story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers |
| 加 |
Jiā |
Canada (abbr. for 加拿大) / surname Jia |
| 加 |
jiā |
to add / (math.) plus / to increase; to augment / (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不, 大, 稍 etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良 "make some minor improvements to (it)") |
| 加码 |
jiā mǎ |
to ratchet up / to raise (expectations etc) / to increase (a quota, a position in the market etc) / to up the ante / (computing) to encode |
| 码 |
mǎ |
(archaic) agate / (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale / number / (computing) code / (clothing) size / yard (unit of length) / (coll.) kilometers per hour (informal misuse of "yard" to mean kph in speed references) / (coll.) to pile up; to stack / classifier for matters, items, situations etc (esp. when indicating whether they are the same or different, as in 不是一码事 "not the same thing") / (Tw, HK) (finance) unit of 25 basis points (i.e. a 0.25% change in interest rate) |