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HSK
initial / preliminary / tentative
HSK 3
to run / to jog / (military) to march at the double
HSK 3
to go a step further / (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *步* | 步* | *步
a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process / situation
HSK 3
to take a walk; to go for a walk
HSK 3
progress; improvement / to improve; to progress / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to go on foot / to walk
HSK 4
progressively / step by step
HSK 4
footstep / step
HSK 5
procedure / step
HSK 7-9
pace / (measured) step / march
HSK 7-9
synchronous / to synchronize / to keep step with
HSK 7-9
to set out / to set in motion / the start (of some activity)
HSK 7-9
to halt / to stop / to go no farther
HSK 7-9
to concede / to give in / to yield / a concession / (linguistics) concessive
HSK 7-9
to be on foot
HSK 7-9
stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved) / a (usu. bad) situation / leeway
HSK 7-9
to step into / to enter
HSK 7-9
a step away / very close
hiking
to be at a standstill / to mark time
to trot
to pace; to stroll
(said by departing guest) no need to see me out
to blindly follow suit (idiom) / to imitate slavishly / to do what everyone else is doing
to get around using a conveyance (car, bicycle, sedan chair etc); to ride (or drive) / means of transportation
progressivism
to climb step by step / to rise steadily / on the up and up
walking path / pathway
Deinagkistrodon acutus, a species of venomous pit viper (lit. "five-pace snake" – supposedly, a person bitten by it can only walk five steps before succumbing to the venom)
assault rifle
step by step / at every step
dangling ornament worn by women
the next step
moonwalk (dance)
to wander / to ramble / recreational hiking / to perambulate
infantry / foot / infantryman / foot soldier
to learn to walk / (fig.) to learn sth, making unsteady progress / to get started on the learning curve
quick step
pedestrian area
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *步* | 步* | *步
surname Bu
stepper motor
steadily / a steady pace
to walk slowly / to amble along / gradually / slowly
to take a step; to step forward
asynchronous
gait / marching order / step / pace
one step, one footprint (idiom); steady progress / reliable
gait / tread
to rapidly go up in the world / meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc)
to take a (striding) step
to make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)
(literary) to move forward
baby walker / baby walking frame
forward lunge (stance used in martial arts, fitness training etc)
(literary) light, airy steps (as if walking on lotuses); elegant gait of a woman
(martial arts) horse stance (with legs wide apart, as when riding a horse)
Chengbu Miao Autonomous County in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳, Hunan
(idiom) not to yield an inch
to match (sb's) stride
step with feet splayed outwards
to have difficulty walking (idiom) / to walk with difficulty
to be united in action
to stride forward
to walk slowly / with deliberate steps
gait / to walk
lit. the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom) / fig. the pot calls the kettle black
to step forward / to walk
stride / to step (on the spot) / to mark time / at a standstill
to copy the way they walk in Handan (idiom) / slavishly copying others, one risks becoming a caricature
to stroll beneath the moon
to step back
to walk in someone's steps / to follow in someone's footsteps (literary) / a step (literary)
lit. walking alone / prominent / unrivalled / outstanding
walkie-talkie
to follow sb closely (idiom) / to keep close to
dance steps
pedometer
to strut about
to walk / to step / pace / traveling (walking with the ball, a foul in basketball)
to go on foot (idiom) / to do things at a leisurely pace
minuet
space walk
(literary) palanquin; sedan chair / (literary) to ride in a palanquin
to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology)
to write a poem using another poem's rhymes
striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step / to strut
small quick steps
to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly / to act according to convention
a slow march
goose-step (for military parades)
to stride / to bound
(idiom) powerful and imposing demeanor
at a stride / taking large steps (while walking)
to come to a stand / to stop
to pace; to stroll
(Tw) trick (of the trade); clever move (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [phiat-pōo])
sudden big stride forward
to leave first (courteous expression used to excuse oneself) / (euphemism) to predecease; to die first (e.g. before one's spouse)
to settle a matter in one go

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