步武
bù wǔ
Pinyin
Definition
步武
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- to walk in someone's steps
- to follow in someone's footsteps (literary)
- a step (literary)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一步一个脚印
- 1 one step, one footprint (idiom); steady progress
- 2 reliable
一步登天
- 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
五十步笑百步
- 1 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
- 2 the pot calls the kettle black
亦步亦趋
- 1 to blindly follow suit (idiom)
- 2 to imitate slavishly
- 3 to do what everyone else is doing
孔武有力
- 1 courageous and strong (idiom)
- 2 Herculean (physique etc)