1 surname Bu

1 step by step

2 at every step

1 (of an animal) to paw (the ground)

1 progress

2 improvement

3 to improve

4 to progress

5 classifier: 个 gè

1 initial

2 preliminary

3 tentative

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. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)

2 fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too