| | 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 |
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| | to go a step further / (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further | HSK 3 |
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| | to appear personally / to step in / to step forth / to show up | HSK 6 |
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| | to shun / to avoid (sb) / to skirt / to evade (an issue) / to step back / to withdraw / to recuse (a judge etc) | HSK 5 |
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| | to enter; to step into | HSK 2 |
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| | 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 |
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| | to intensify / to speed up / to step up | HSK 7-9 |
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| | 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 |
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| | to step on / to tread / to stamp / to press a pedal / to pedal (a bike) / (online) to downvote | HSK 6 |
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| | to step on | |
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| | to step across / to stride over / to straddle / to span | HSK 6 |
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| | to tread / to stamp / to step on / to press a pedal / to investigate on the spot | HSK 6 |
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| | to advance; to step forward | |
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| | 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 |
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| | to jump over / to skip (a step, chapter etc) | |
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| | to step into / to enter | HSK 7-9 |
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| | synchronous / to synchronize / to keep step with | HSK 7-9 |
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| | 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 |
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| | stepping stone / fig. person used to advance one's career | |
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| | to step in / to stride forward / to forge ahead | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to step aside (for a passing vehicle) / to get out of the way / to make way for | |
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| | to boost the pressure (of a fluid) / to boost (or step up) the voltage | |
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| | to step on; to tread on / to put on; to wear (shoes, trousers etc) / (slang) to dump (sb) / Taiwan pr. [deng4] | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to be unable to move a single step | |
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| | (fig.) to step into; to enter | |
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| | to step back | |
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| | to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom) / to advance cautiously, step by step / to feel one's way forward | |
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| | to take a wrong step in life (idiom) / to go astray | |
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| | to step on a mine / (fig.) to inadvertently do sth that has an unpleasant result / (fig.) to be accidentally exposed to a spoiler | |
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| | to step across / step over | HSK 7-9 |
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| | flight of steps / (fig.) stepping stone; way to reach the goal of | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to set foot in / to step into / to become involved for the first time | |
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| | to step on the brake / to brake (when driving) | |
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| | striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step / to strut | |
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| | (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 |
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| | to move (sth) aside / to step aside / to move over (when sitting on a bench) / to shift (one's gaze) | |
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| | progress step by step / gradual progress / to move forward (slowly) | |
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| | to step out / to take a (first) step | |
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| | in sequence, step by step (idiom); to make steady progress incrementally | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to stride toward (success) / to march toward / to take a step toward | |
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| | to remove / to step back from involvement / to disengage | |
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| | lit. to get there in one step (idiom) / fig. easily done | |
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| | to save the show (for instance by stepping in for an absent actor) | |
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| | one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave | |
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| | to squeeze in / to step in / to take part / to step between (two persons in a relationship) | |
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| | to miss one's step / (of an investor) to fail to invest before the price rises | |
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| | stepping-stone to greater power or higher rank | |
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| | to take a step / to stride | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to get out of the way / to step aside | |
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| | lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient / to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune | |
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| | to climb step by step / to rise steadily / on the up and up | |
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| | to step forward bravely | |
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| | a step up / to rise to the next level | |
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| | stride / to step (on the spot) / to mark time / at a standstill | |
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| | to miss one's step | |
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| | to pass / to step over / to creep / to twine round | |
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| | to drive in reverse / fig. to take a backward step / retrogressive / trying to turn the clock back | |
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| | to set foot on / to step on or into | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to walk in someone's steps / to follow in someone's footsteps (literary) / a step (literary) | |
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| | to advance gradually and entrench oneself at every step / to consolidate at every step | |
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| | to run off the track / to step out of line / to overstep the bounds of propriety | |
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| | to step down gracefully (humble expression) / to concede defeat / to play second fiddle | |
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| | to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc) / to finalize / to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves) | |
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| | to take a step; to step forward | |
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| | (dialect) to step aside; Get out of the way! | |
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| | to have eyes / (fig.) to look where one is going; to watch one's step; to be cautious | |
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| | unable to move a single step (idiom) / to be in an (extremely) difficult situation | |
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| | to march at parade step / March! (military command) | |
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| | (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) | |
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| | to get there in one step (idiom); easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight | |
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| | to step aside and give a more worthy person a chance (idiom) | |
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| | numerical answer (to a question in math.) / (Tw) (of troops) to shout numbers or phrases in unison (to keep in step or maintain morale) | |
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| | to walk on tiptoe / to step on sb's foot / to join (a trade, profession etc) / to associate with (a certain group of people) | |
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| | to get there in one step (idiom); easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight | |
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| | stoping (excavating ore using stepped terraces) / to extract ore / extraction / to pull back | |
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| | to step / walk reverently | |
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| | to accelerate / to step on the gas | |
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| | in time with (i.e. same rhythm) / to keep in step with / fig. to cooperate | |
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| | (idiom) to fail at every step of the way / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2zhuo2shi1bai4] | |
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| | to walk / to step / pace / traveling (walking with the ball, a foul in basketball) | |
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| | to take a (striding) step | |
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| | to lose one's footing / to slip / to take a wrong step in life | |
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| | to trample / to step / to walk on the ball of the foot | |
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| | to reduce the pressure (of a fluid) / to lower one's blood pressure / to lower (or step down) the voltage | |
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| | to step into the new year / New Year | |
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| | to retire / to withdraw / to retreat / to step down | |
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| | to step forward / to walk | |
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| | to trip / to miss a step / to slip | |
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| | (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) | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | to be a step ahead of the opponent (idiom) / to outsmart one's opponent | |
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| | to do less well than before / to make a concession / setback / backward step / leeway / room to maneuver / fallback | |
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| | shoe / to step | |
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| | to step down from office / to go into opposition | |
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| | to go up or down stairs step by step | |
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| | move / measure / step (to some end) | |
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| | to ask an enormous price (as first negotiating step) | |
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| | to step with the right foot (used in 彳亍) | |
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