Go up the stairs
Climbing to a ladder, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ē NGG ā OQ ù t ī, meaning to take off the ladder after climbing to a high place. There is no way out. It's from nine places of Sun Tzu.
The origin of Idioms
Sun Tzu's nine places: "the period of being handsome is like climbing a ladder to go."
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute, it can be used as an example of circumstances, such as life and death, drinking wine and forgetting hunger and thirst. Preface to the song of Suzhou Jiaxing tuntian Ji Ji Ji Ji by Li Han in Tang Dynasty
Chinese PinYin : dēng gāo qù tī
Go up the stairs
travel along a long and difficult road. tī shān háng hǎi
cause of vital and lasting importance. bǎi nián zhī yè