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Mandarin · pinyin shēng shàng

(of an employee) to be promoted to (a higher rank)
(of a student) to enter (a higher grade at school)

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升: shēng · arise, go up; hoist; advance; hexagram ䷭
上: shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up

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1–4 · sheng1 shang4

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