| 进身之阶 |
jìn shēn zhī jiē |
stepping-stone to greater power or higher rank |
| 进 |
jìn |
to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound |
| 进身 |
jìn shēn |
to get oneself promoted to a higher rank |
| 身 |
shēn |
body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158 |
| 之 |
zhī |
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it |
| 阶 |
jiē |
variant of 阶 |
| 阶 |
jiē |
rank or step / stairs |