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  *级* | 级* | *级
level / grade / rank / step (of stairs) / CL: 個|个 / classifier: step, level
HSK 2
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 enter; to step into
HSK 2
to go a step further / (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further
HSK 3
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  *步* | 步* | *步
a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process / situation
HSK 3
progressively / step by step
HSK 4
measure / step / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
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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  *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
steps / flight of steps / step (over obstacle) / fig. way out of an embarrassing situation / bench (geology)
HSK 4
to shun / to avoid (sb) / to skirt / to evade (an issue) / to step back / to withdraw / to recuse (a judge etc)
HSK 5
footstep / step
HSK 5
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  *跨* | 跨* | *跨
to step across / to stride over / to straddle / to span
HSK 6
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  *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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  *踏* | 踏* | *踏
to tread / to stamp / to step on / to press a pedal / to investigate on the spot
HSK 6
to appear personally / to step in / to step forth / to show up
HSK 6
to step into / to enter
HSK 7-9
to step across / step over
HSK 7-9
flight of steps / (fig.) stepping stone; way to reach the goal of
HSK 7-9
procedure / step
HSK 7-9
synchronous / to synchronize / to keep step with
HSK 7-9
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  *迈* | 迈* | *迈
to take a step / to stride
HSK 7-9
(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 step in / to stride forward / to forge ahead
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
hand and foot / movement of limbs / action / trick / step in a procedure (CL:)
HSK 7-9
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  *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
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
in sequence, step by step (idiom); to make steady progress incrementally
HSK 7-9
to intensify / to speed up / to step up
HSK 7-9
to set foot on / to step on or into
HSK 7-9
pace / (measured) step / march
HSK 7-9
to squeeze in / to step in / to take part / to step between (two persons in a relationship)
to trip / to miss a step / to slip
quick step
to reduce the pressure (of a fluid) / to lower one's blood pressure / to lower (or step down) the voltage
progress step by step / gradual progress / to move forward (slowly)
to advance; to step forward
step by step / at every step
(fig.) to step into; to enter
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  *亍* | 亍* | *亍
to step with the right foot (used in 彳亍)
to boost the pressure (of a fluid) / to boost (or step up) the voltage
by stages / staggered / step by step / in installments
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 lose one's footing / to slip / to take a wrong step in life
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  *蹋* | 蹋* | *蹋
to step on
to set foot in / to step into / to become involved for the first time
lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step / fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one
stepped fields / terracing
to step forward bravely
out of step with current thinking / outmoded / inappropriate for the occasion
step by step / little by little
to get there in one step (idiom); easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight
stride / to step (on the spot) / to mark time / at a standstill
in time with (i.e. same rhythm) / to keep in step with / fig. to cooperate
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  *跬* | 跬* | *跬
brief / short step
step-parents
to step out / to take a (first) step
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  *彳* | 彳* | *彳
step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60) / see also 彳亍
goose-step (for military parades)
to take a (striding) step
unable to move a single step (idiom) / to be in an (extremely) difficult situation
to walk in someone's steps / to follow in someone's footsteps (literary) / a step (literary)
one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave
stoping (excavating ore using stepped terraces) / to extract ore / extraction / to pull back
to walk / to step / pace / traveling (walking with the ball, a foul in basketball)
step / pace
momentary slip / false step / ill-considered action
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  *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)
striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step / to strut
to take a step; to step forward
stone step
to do less well than before / to make a concession / setback / backward step / leeway / room to maneuver / fallback
gait / marching order / step / pace
to step down gracefully (humble expression) / to concede defeat / to play second fiddle
to take a wrong step in life (idiom) / to go astray
to run off the track / to step out of line / to overstep the bounds of propriety
to climb step by step / to rise steadily / on the up and up
a step up / to rise to the next level
to get out of the way / to step aside
plan of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure / makeshift stratagem / interim step
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  *磴* | 磴* | *磴
cliff-ledge / stone step
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  *陔* | 陔* | *陔
step / terrace
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  *躧* | 躧* | *躧
shoe / to step
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  *躐* | 躐* | *躐
step across
to step forward / to walk
to walk on tiptoe / to step on sb's foot / to join (a trade, profession etc) / to associate with (a certain group of people)
half-sibling relationship / brothers with different mother / step-
to be a step ahead of the opponent (idiom) / to outsmart one's opponent
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  *砅* | 砅* | *砅
cross stream by stepping on stones
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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  *跐* | 跐* | *跐
to trample / to step / to walk on the ball of the foot
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 stride toward (success) / to march toward / to take a step toward
to get there in one step (idiom); easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight
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  *踖* | 踖* | *踖
to step / walk reverently
to step into the new year / New Year
to move (sth) aside / to step aside / to move over (when sitting on a bench) / to shift (one's gaze)
to retire / to withdraw / to retreat / to step down
(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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