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Mandarin · pinyin shè jí

to go up or down stairs step by step

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拾: shí · pick up, collect, tidy up; accounting form of the numeral ten
級: jí · level, rank, class; grade
级: jí · level, rank, class; grade

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4–2 · she4 ji2

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