攀登
pān dēng
Pinyin

Definition

攀登
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pān dēng
  1. to climb
  2. to pull oneself up
  3. to clamber
  4. to scale
  5. fig. to forge ahead in the face of hardships and danger

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

登场
dēng chǎng
  1. 1 to go on stage
  2. 2 fig. to appear on the scene
  3. 3 used in advertising to mean new product
登录
dēng lù
  1. 1 to register
  2. 2 to log in
登陆
dēng lù
  1. 1 to land
  2. 2 to come ashore
  3. 3 to make landfall (of typhoon etc)
  4. 4 to log in (frequently used erroneous variant of 登錄|登录[dēng lù])
刊登
kān dēng
  1. 1 to carry a story
  2. 2 to publish (in a newspaper or magazine)
喜来登
Xǐ lái dēng
  1. 1 Sheraton (hotel chain)
拉登
Lā dēng
  1. 1 (Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda
摩登
mó dēng
  1. 1 modern (loanword)
  2. 2 fashionable
攀
pān
  1. 1 to climb (by pulling oneself up)
  2. 2 to implicate
  3. 3 to claim connections of higher status
攀升
pān shēng
  1. 1 to clamber up
  2. 2 (of prices etc) to rise
攀比
pān bǐ
  1. 1 to make invidious comparisons
  2. 2 to compete with
  3. 3 to emulate
攀登
pān dēng
  1. 1 to climb
  2. 2 to pull oneself up
  3. 3 to clamber
  4. 4 to scale
  5. 5 fig. to forge ahead in the face of hardships and danger
本拉登
Běn Lā dēng
  1. 1 (Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda
荣登
róng dēng
  1. 1 (of a list, music chart etc) to reach the top
登
dēng
  1. 1 to scale (a height)
  2. 2 to ascend
  3. 3 to mount
  4. 4 to publish or record
  5. 5 to enter (e.g. in a register)
  6. 6 to press down with the foot
  7. 7 to step or tread on
  8. 8 to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect)
  9. 9 to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
登上
dēng shàng
  1. 1 to climb over
  2. 2 to ascend onto
  3. 3 to mount
登入
dēng rù
  1. 1 to log in (to a computer)
  2. 2 to enter (data)
登山
dēng shān
  1. 1 to climb a mountain
  2. 2 climbing
  3. 3 mountaineering
登机
dēng jī
  1. 1 to board a plane
登机口
dēng jī kǒu
  1. 1 departure gate (aviation)
登机牌
dēng jī pái
  1. 1 boarding pass

Idioms (15)

一步登天
yī bù dēng tiān
  1. 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
夤缘攀附
yín yuán pān fù
  1. 1 to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom); to advance one's career by currying favor
  2. 2 social climbing
从善如登，从恶如崩
cóng shàn rú dēng , cóng è rú bēng
  1. 1 doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall (idiom)
捷足先登
jié zú xiān dēng
  1. 1 the quick-footed climb up first (idiom)
  2. 2 the early bird catches the worm
  3. 3 first come, first served
攀亲道故
pān qīn dào gù
  1. 1 to use claims to kinship or friendship to climb socially (idiom)
攀附权贵
pān fù quán guì
  1. 1 to cling to the powerful and rich (idiom); social climbing
攀高结贵
pān gāo jié guì
  1. 1 lit. to cling to the high, connect to the rich (idiom); to try to attach oneself to the rich and powerful
  2. 2 social climbing
比登天还难
bǐ dēng tiān hái nán
  1. 1 lit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. extremely difficult
  3. 3 far from an easy task
无事不登三宝殿
wú shì bù dēng sān bǎo diàn
  1. 1 lit. One doesn't visit a temple without a cause. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to visit sb with an ulterior motive (esp. to ask for sth)
  3. 3 having a hidden agenda
登堂入室
dēng táng rù shì
  1. 1 from the main room, enter the inner chamber (idiom)
  2. 2 to go to the next level
  3. 3 to attain a higher level
登庸人才
dēng yōng rén cái
  1. 1 to employ talent (idiom)
登高望远
dēng gāo wàng yuǎn
  1. 1 to stand tall and see far (idiom); taking the long and broad view
  2. 2 acute foresight
粉墨登场
fěn mò dēng chǎng
  1. 1 to make up and go on stage (idiom); to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime)
难于登天
nán yú dēng tiān
  1. 1 harder than climbing to heaven (idiom)
高不可攀
gāo bù kě pān
  1. 1 too high to reach (idiom); eminent and unapproachable

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