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to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel / to accelerate; to step on the gas / (fig.) to make an extra effort; to cheer sb on
HSK 2
to go a step further / (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further
HSK 3
to appear personally / to step in / to step forth / to show up
HSK 6
to shun / to avoid (sb) / to skirt / to evade (an issue) / to step back / to withdraw / to recuse (a judge etc)
HSK 5
to enter; to step into
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *登* | 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)
HSK 4
to intensify / to speed up / to step up
HSK 7-9
maternal aunt / step-mother / childcare worker / nursemaid / woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *踩* | 踩* | *踩
to step on / to tread / to stamp / to press a pedal / to pedal (a bike) / (online) to downvote
HSK 6
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  *蹋* | 蹋* | *蹋
to step on
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *跨* | 跨* | *跨
to step across / to stride over / to straddle / to span
HSK 6
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  *踏* | 踏* | *踏
to tread / to stamp / to step on / to press a pedal / to investigate on the spot
HSK 6
to advance; to step forward
railtrack connection / to integrate into sth / to dock / to connect / to be in step with / to bring into line with / to align
HSK 7-9
to jump over / to skip (a step, chapter etc)
to step into / to enter
HSK 7-9
synchronous / to synchronize / to keep step with
HSK 7-9
to go off the stage / to fall from position of prestige / to step down (from office etc) / to disentangle oneself / to get off the hook
HSK 7-9
stepping stone / fig. person used to advance one's career
to step in / to stride forward / to forge ahead
HSK 7-9
to step aside (for a passing vehicle) / to get out of the way / to make way for
to boost the pressure (of a fluid) / to boost (or step up) the voltage
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蹬* | 蹬* | *蹬
to step on; to tread on / to put on; to wear (shoes, trousers etc) / (slang) to dump (sb) / Taiwan pr. [deng4]
HSK 7-9
to be unable to move a single step
(fig.) to step into; to enter
to step back
to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom) / to advance cautiously, step by step / to feel one's way forward
to take a wrong step in life (idiom) / to go astray
to step on a mine / (fig.) to inadvertently do sth that has an unpleasant result / (fig.) to be accidentally exposed to a spoiler
to step across / step over
HSK 7-9
flight of steps / (fig.) stepping stone; way to reach the goal of
HSK 7-9
to set foot in / to step into / to become involved for the first time
to step on the brake / to brake (when driving)
striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step / to strut
(idiom, from the Analects) (usu. of a passer-by who comes across a critical situation) to step in and help; to take brave or selfless action
HSK 7-9
to move (sth) aside / to step aside / to move over (when sitting on a bench) / to shift (one's gaze)
progress step by step / gradual progress / to move forward (slowly)
to step out / to take a (first) step
in sequence, step by step (idiom); to make steady progress incrementally
HSK 7-9
to stride toward (success) / to march toward / to take a step toward
to remove / to step back from involvement / to disengage
lit. to get there in one step (idiom) / fig. easily done
to save the show (for instance by stepping in for an absent actor)
one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave
to squeeze in / to step in / to take part / to step between (two persons in a relationship)
to miss one's step / (of an investor) to fail to invest before the price rises
stepping-stone to greater power or higher rank
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *迈* | 迈* | *迈
to take a step / to stride
HSK 7-9
to get out of the way / to step aside
lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient / to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune
to climb step by step / to rise steadily / on the up and up
to step forward bravely
a step up / to rise to the next level
stride / to step (on the spot) / to mark time / at a standstill
to miss one's step
to pass / to step over / to creep / to twine round
to drive in reverse / fig. to take a backward step / retrogressive / trying to turn the clock back
to set foot on / to step on or into
HSK 7-9
to walk in someone's steps / to follow in someone's footsteps (literary) / a step (literary)
to advance gradually and entrench oneself at every step / to consolidate at every step
to run off the track / to step out of line / to overstep the bounds of propriety
to step down gracefully (humble expression) / to concede defeat / to play second fiddle
to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc) / to finalize / to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves)
to take a step; to step forward
(dialect) to step aside; Get out of the way!
to have eyes / (fig.) to look where one is going; to watch one's step; to be cautious
unable to move a single step (idiom) / to be in an (extremely) difficult situation
to march at parade step / March! (military command)
(coll.) to scam sb by setting up an "accident" in which one appears to have sustained damage or injury caused by the scam victim, then demanding compensation (variations include putting "expensive" porcelain in a place where it is likely to be knocked over by passers-by, and stepping into the path of a slow-moving car)
to get there in one step (idiom); easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight
to step aside and give a more worthy person a chance (idiom)
numerical answer (to a question in math.) / (Tw) (of troops) to shout numbers or phrases in unison (to keep in step or maintain morale)
to walk on tiptoe / to step on sb's foot / to join (a trade, profession etc) / to associate with (a certain group of people)
to get there in one step (idiom); easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight
stoping (excavating ore using stepped terraces) / to extract ore / extraction / to pull back
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *踖* | 踖* | *踖
to step / walk reverently
to accelerate / to step on the gas
in time with (i.e. same rhythm) / to keep in step with / fig. to cooperate
(idiom) to fail at every step of the way / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2zhuo2shi1bai4]
to walk / to step / pace / traveling (walking with the ball, a foul in basketball)
to take a (striding) step
to lose one's footing / to slip / to take a wrong step in life
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *跐* | 跐* | *跐
to trample / to step / to walk on the ball of the foot
to reduce the pressure (of a fluid) / to lower one's blood pressure / to lower (or step down) the voltage
to step into the new year / New Year
to retire / to withdraw / to retreat / to step down
to step forward / to walk
to trip / to miss a step / to slip
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *捯* | 捯* | *捯
(coll.) to reel in (string, yarn etc) by pulling hand over hand or by coiling / to step along / to look into / to pursue (a matter)
to be off the beat / to sound awful (of singing) / (fig.) to wander off the topic / (diving) to step toward the end of the board / approach
to be a step ahead of the opponent (idiom) / to outsmart one's opponent
to do less well than before / to make a concession / setback / backward step / leeway / room to maneuver / fallback
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  *躧* | 躧* | *躧
shoe / to step
to step down from office / to go into opposition
to go up or down stairs step by step
move / measure / step (to some end)
to ask an enormous price (as first negotiating step)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *亍* | 亍* | *亍
to step with the right foot (used in 彳亍)


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