却步 (卻步)
què bù
Pinyin

Definition

却步 (卻步)
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què bù
  1. to step back

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

步
Bù
  1. 1 surname Bu
步步
bù bù
  1. 1 step by step
  2. 2 at every step
进步
jìn bù
  1. 1 progress
  2. 2 improvement
  3. 3 to improve
  4. 4 to progress
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
初步
chū bù
  1. 1 initial
  2. 2 preliminary
  3. 3 tentative
同步
tóng bù
  1. 1 synchronous
  2. 2 to synchronize
  3. 3 to keep step with

Idioms (20)

一步一个脚印
yī bù yī gè jiǎo yìn
  1. 1 one step, one footprint (idiom); steady progress
  2. 2 reliable
一步登天
yī bù dēng tiān
  1. 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
五十步笑百步
wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù
  1. 1 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
  2. 2 the pot calls the kettle black
亦步亦趋
yì bù yì qū
  1. 1 to blindly follow suit (idiom)
  2. 2 to imitate slavishly
  3. 3 to do what everyone else is doing
安步当车
ān bù dàng chē
  1. 1 to go on foot (idiom)
  2. 2 to do things at a leisurely pace

Sample Sentences

说到闲散，你手边这本是【老子】吧？听说，现在老子思想很受老外欢迎，反倒是国内，一般人对老子的微言大义望之却步，认识不深。
shuō dào xiánsǎn ，nǐ shǒubiān zhè běn shì 【lǎozǐ 】ba ？tīngshuō ，xiànzài lǎozǐ sīxiǎng hěn shòu lǎowài huānyíng ，fǎndào shì guónèi ，yìbānrén duì lǎozi de wēiyán dàyì wàng zhī quèbù ，rènshi bù shēn 。
Talking of leisure, that book you've got there is Laozi, yes? I heard that Laozi's thinking is very popular among foreigners nowadays. It's actually now in China that normal people can't get to grips with Laozi's wisdom, due to their unfamiliarity with it.
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