- lit. from the main room, enter the inner chamber (idiom)
- fig. to go to the next level; to attain a higher level
Characters
- 登 (登): to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
- 堂 (堂): (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; CL:間|间[jian1]; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture
- 入 (入): to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1]
- 室 (室): surname Shi
Resources
- Wiktionary: 登堂入室
- MDBG: 登堂入室
- Examples with 登堂入室 on Tatoeba
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