踏板
tà bǎn
Pinyin
Definition
踏板
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- pedal (in a car, on a piano etc)
- treadle
- footstool
- footrest
- footboard
Character Decomposition
Idioms (10)
一板一眼
- 1 lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter
- 2 scrupulous attention to detail
一板三眼
- 1 lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
步斗踏罡
- 1 to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology)
步罡踏斗
- 1 to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology)
脚踏两条船
- 1 lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom)
- 2 fig. to have it both ways
- 3 to run after two hares
- 4 (especially) to have two lovers at the same time
Sample Sentences
所以这个踏板、阶梯都放不下去。
So they couldn't even get this board out.