蜗行牛步 [蝸行牛步] - lit. to crawl like a snail and plod along like an old ox (idiom), fig. to move at a snail's pace, to make slow progress - wō xíng niú bù | Definition | ChinesePod.com

蜗行牛步 (蝸行牛步)

wō xíng niú bù

Pinyin

Definition

蜗行牛步 (蝸行牛步)

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wō xíng niú bù

lit. to crawl like a snail and plod along like an old ox (idiom)
fig. to move at a snail's pace
to make slow progress

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

pái háng

1 to rank
2 ranking
3 seniority (among siblings)

lǚ xíng

1 to travel
2 journey
3 trip
4 classifier: 趟 tàng
5 classifier: 次 cì
6 classifier: 个 gè

Bù

1 surname Bu

bù bù

1 step by step
2 at every step

liú xíng

1 (of a contagious disease etc) to spread
2 to propagate
3 (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular
4 fashionable

Idioms (20)

一意孤行

yī yì gū xíng

1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
2 willful
3 one's own way
4 dogmatic

一步一个脚印

yī bù yī gè jiǎo yìn

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

一步登天

yī bù dēng tiān

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

一目十行

yī mù shí háng

1 ten lines at a glance (idiom)
2 to read very rapidly

一言一行

yī yán yī xíng

1 every word and action (idiom)