1 synchronous

2 to synchronize

3 to keep step with

1 surname Bu

1 step by step

2 at every step

1 to dance

2 to wield

3 to brandish

1 stage

2 arena

3 fig. in the limelight

1 one step, one footprint (idiom); steady progress

2 reliable

1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success

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

1 to blindly follow suit (idiom)

2 to imitate slavishly

3 to do what everyone else is doing

1 lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress