等而下之 in English deng3 er2 xia4 zhi1 Meaning

Meanings

• going from there to lower grades (idiomatic expression)

Pinyin

deng3 er2 xia4 zhi1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

等deng3class 而er2and 下xia4down 之zhi1(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])