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HSK
initial / preliminary / tentative
HSK 3
to run / to jog / (military) to march at the double
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *步* | 步* | *步
a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process / situation
HSK 3
to go on foot / to walk
HSK 4
to take a walk; to go for a walk
HSK 3
to go a step further / (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further
HSK 3
progressively / step by step
HSK 4
to settle a matter in one go
asynchronous
assault rifle
progress; improvement / to improve; to progress / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
(idiom) to walk unsteadily; to hobble along
reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)
asynchronous
Uber, app-based taxi company founded in 2009
step one / first step
vehicle / (esp.) mobility vehicle (mobility scooter, electric wheelchair, Segway etc)
to step into / to enter
HSK 7-9
synchronous / to synchronize / to keep step with
HSK 7-9
to spy on
to advance gradually and entrench oneself at every step / to consolidate at every step
to follow sb closely (idiom) / to keep close to
to come to a stand / to stop
footstep / step
HSK 5
to be on foot
HSK 7-9
to pace; to stroll
pace / (measured) step / march
HSK 7-9
to mark time (military) / to make no headway
(literary) to slow down one's steps; to come to a halt
to stride forward
(idiom) not to yield an inch
to concede / to give in / to yield / a concession / (linguistics) concessive
HSK 7-9
the next step
to halt / to stop / to go no farther
HSK 7-9
unable to move a single step (idiom) / to be in an (extremely) difficult situation
step by step / at every step
to get around using a conveyance (car, bicycle, sedan chair etc); to ride (or drive) / means of transportation
striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step / to strut
to climb step by step / to rise steadily / on the up and up
shuffle (dance)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *步* | 步* | *步
surname Bu
rifle / CL: ,
to mark time and make no advances (idiom)
treadmill / running machine
progressivism
tentative idea
stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas / stagnating and conservative
to step back
goose-step (for military parades)
DPP (Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan) / abbr. to 民進黨|民进党
stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved) / a (usu. bad) situation / leeway
HSK 7-9
hiking
gait / marching order / step / pace
plesiochronous
to walk quickly / striding quickly
hurriedly / just a few steps away
walkie-talkie
step with feet splayed outwards
to trot
space walk
to go on foot (idiom) / to do things at a leisurely pace
small quick steps
(literary) light, airy steps (as if walking on lotuses); elegant gait of a woman
to rapidly go up in the world / meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc)
to do a martial-art squat
procedure / step
HSK 7-9
to set out / to set in motion / the start (of some activity)
HSK 7-9
a step away / very close
step / pace
footwork
step by step / one step at a time
stepper motor
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)
to stroll / to walk slowly
synchrotron
to have difficulty walking (idiom) / to walk with difficulty
step by step system
to gain a firm foothold / (fig.) to get oneself established
to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly / to act according to convention
stride / to step (on the spot) / to mark time / at a standstill
dare not go one step beyond the prescribed limit
large strides
infantry / foot / infantryman / foot soldier
at a fast pace
foot (syllabic unit in verse) / meter / scansion
asynchronous transfer mode / ATM
to walk in someone's steps / to follow in someone's footsteps (literary) / a step (literary)
to leave first (courteous expression used to excuse oneself) / (euphemism) to predecease; to die first (e.g. before one's spouse)
moonwalk (dance)
to follow in other people's footsteps
ambulatory leg (of a crab, lobster, spider etc)
to wander / to ramble / recreational hiking / to perambulate
to copy the way they walk in Handan (idiom) / slavishly copying others, one risks becoming a caricature
walking path / pathway
elliptical trainer
to learn to walk / (fig.) to learn sth, making unsteady progress / to get started on the learning curve
(Tw) walk-up apartment (postwar building style with stair access and no elevator)

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