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  *上* | 上* | *上
(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above
HSK 1
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  *爬* | 爬* | *爬
to crawl / to climb / to get up or sit up
HSK 2
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  *越* | 越* | *越
to exceed / to climb over / to surpass / the more... the more
HSK 2
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  *翻* | 翻* | *翻
to turn over / to flip over / to overturn / to rummage through / to translate / to decode / to double / to climb over or into / to cross
HSK 4
to climb a mountain / climbing / mountaineering
HSK 4
to climb a hill / to go to the mountains / (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons) / to pass away / (of the sun or moon) to rise
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  *攀* | 攀* | *攀
to climb (by pulling oneself up) / to implicate / to claim connections of higher status
HSK 7-9
to go ashore; to climb ashore / (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts)
doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall (idiom)
to climb up (a rope etc); climbing (plant)
to climb step by step / to rise steadily / on the up and up
lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter cauldrons of boiling oil (idiom) / fig. to go through trials and tribulations
lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter seas of flames (idiom) / fig. to go through trials and tribulations (often, for a noble cause)
uphill / upslope / to move upwards / to climb a slope
human ladder (formed to help sb climb a wall etc); (fig.) person who sacrifices himself for others' success
to climb mountains and wade rivers (idiom); fig. to make a long and difficult journey
to climb over / to ascend onto / to mount
to climb a mountain / to scale a peak / mountain climbing / mountaineering
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  *扒* | 扒* | *扒
to peel / to skin / to tear / to pull down / to cling to (sth on which one is climbing) / to dig
HSK 7-9
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  *搲* | 搲* | *搲
to crawl / to climb / to scoop up
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  *跂* | 跂* | *跂
to climb / to hope
(saying) as one climbs higher on the path of righteousness, one faces ever greater challenges from evil; no sooner does one overcome one obstacle than another arises
the quick-footed climb up first (idiom) / the early bird catches the worm / first come, first served
to climb over / to get over (difficulties) / to scale / to surmount
lit. to climb all over sb / fig. to take advantage of sb's weakness
lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible
lit. to climb over the wall / fig. to breach the Great Firewall of China
harder than climbing to heaven (idiom)
creeper / climbing plant / twiner
to climb (of climbing plants) / to creep / to cling on to / fig. to seek connection (with the rich and powerful) / social climbing
river tracing / mountain stream climbing (recreational activity)
to climb hills and pass over mountains (idiom); to cross mountain after mountain / good at climbing mountains
social climbing / to claim connections with people in higher social class
to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom); to advance one's career by currying favor / social climbing
rock climbing / to climb a rockface
to climb up (a rope etc); climbing (plant)
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  *趒* | 趒* | *趒
to jump / to climb over / to leap / to posture / a gangway
to climb / to pull oneself up / to clamber / to scale / fig. to forge ahead in the face of hardships and danger
to cling to the powerful and rich (idiom); social climbing
lit. after climbing a hundred feet up a pole, one should go even further (idiom) / fig. even if one has achieved a measure of success, one should strive to do even better
to climb up
to rise / to ascend / to climb (airplane etc) / to go up (sales figures etc) / to gain promotion
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  *躋* | 躋* | *躋
(literary) to ascend; to climb; to mount
to climb
to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
like a dog who fell in the river and climbs out—shaking all over
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  *樏* | 樏* | *樏
mountain-climbing shoes
to climb a wall / (fig.) to be unfaithful
"ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉絲|粉丝 and ground meat (so called because the particles of meat clinging to the noodles look like ants on the twigs of a tree) / (sex position) man standing, woman clinging to his upper body / (erotic massage) full-body licking
pole-climbing (as gymnastics or circus act) / climbing pole
(idiom) to use claims to kinship or friendship to climb socially
lit. to cling to the high, connect to the rich (idiom); to try to attach oneself to the rich and powerful / social climbing
hop (Humulus lupulus), climbing plant whose flower cones are used in brewing beer
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  *薢* | 薢* | *薢
woody climbing plant
to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power / social climbing
creeper / climbing plant / twiner


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