步伐
bù fá
Pinyin

Definition

步伐
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bù fá
  1. pace
  2. (measured) step
  3. march

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

同步
tóng bù
  1. 1 synchronous
  2. 2 to synchronize
  3. 3 to keep step with
步
Bù
  1. 1 surname Bu
步步
bù bù
  1. 1 step by step
  2. 2 at every step
进步
jìn bù
  1. 1 progress
  2. 2 improvement
  3. 3 to improve
  4. 4 to progress
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
伐
fá
  1. 1 to cut down
  2. 2 to fell
  3. 3 to dispatch an expedition against
  4. 4 to attack
  5. 5 to boast
  6. 6 Taiwan pr. [fā]
初步
chū bù
  1. 1 initial
  2. 2 preliminary
  3. 3 tentative
地步
dì bù
  1. 1 stage
  2. 2 degree (to which a situation has evolved)
  3. 3 situation
  4. 4 leeway
大步
dà bù
  1. 1 large strides
徒步
tú bù
  1. 1 to be on foot
散步
sàn bù
  1. 1 to take a walk
  2. 2 to go for a walk
止步
zhǐ bù
  1. 1 to halt
  2. 2 to stop
  3. 3 to go no farther
步伐
bù fá
  1. 1 pace
  2. 2 (measured) step
  3. 3 march
步入
bù rù
  1. 1 to step into
  2. 2 to enter
步行
bù xíng
  1. 1 to go on foot
  2. 2 to walk
步行者
bù xíng zhě
  1. 1 pedestrian
步行街
bù xíng jiē
  1. 1 car-free zone
  2. 2 pedestrian street
步骤
bù zhòu
  1. 1 procedure
  2. 2 step
漫步
màn bù
  1. 1 to wander
  2. 2 to ramble
  3. 3 recreational hiking
  4. 4 to perambulate
脚步
jiǎo bù
  1. 1 footstep
  2. 2 step
舞步
wǔ bù
  1. 1 dance steps

Idioms (20)

一步一个脚印
yī bù yī gè jiǎo yìn
  1. 1 one step, one footprint (idiom); steady progress
  2. 2 reliable
一步登天
yī bù dēng tiān
  1. 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
五十步笑百步
wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù
  1. 1 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
  2. 2 the pot calls the kettle black
亦步亦趋
yì bù yì qū
  1. 1 to blindly follow suit (idiom)
  2. 2 to imitate slavishly
  3. 3 to do what everyone else is doing
假道伐虢
jiǎ dào fá Guó
  1. 1 to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo
  2. 2 to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
南征北伐
nán zhēng běi fá
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
口诛笔伐
kǒu zhū bǐ fá
  1. 1 to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom)
  2. 2 to denounce by word and pen
大张挞伐
dà zhāng tà fá
  1. 1 to launch an all-out attack (idiom)
  2. 2 to roundly condemn
  3. 3 to castigate
安步当车
ān bù dàng chē
  1. 1 to go on foot (idiom)
  2. 2 to do things at a leisurely pace
寸步不让
cùn bù bù ràng
  1. 1 (idiom) not to yield an inch
寸步不离
cùn bù bù lí
  1. 1 to follow sb closely (idiom)
  2. 2 to keep close to
寸步难行
cùn bù nán xíng
  1. 1 unable to move a single step (idiom)
  2. 2 to be in an (extremely) difficult situation
吊民伐罪
diào mín fá zuì
  1. 1 to console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom)
故步自封
gù bù zì fēng
  1. 1 stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas
  2. 2 stagnating and conservative
昂首阔步
áng shǒu kuò bù
  1. 1 striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step
  2. 2 to strut
步履维艰
bù lu:3 wéi jiān
  1. 1 to have difficulty walking (idiom)
  2. 2 to walk with difficulty
步斗踏罡
bù dǒu tà gāng
  1. 1 to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology)
步罡踏斗
bù gāng tà dǒu
  1. 1 to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology)
游客止步
yóu kè zhǐ bù
  1. 1 visitors are not admitted (idiom)
百尺竿头，更尽一步
bǎi chǐ gān tóu , gèng jìn yī bù
  1. 1 lit. hundred foot pole, progress still further (idiom); fig. much accomplished, still some work to do
  2. 2 to continue to further successes
  3. 3 not to rest on one's laurels

Sample Sentences

我也看了，也挺震撼的，徒步阅兵方队的军人，身高、步伐简直都一模一样啊！
wǒ yě kàn le ，yě tǐng zhènhàn de ，túbù yuèbīng fāngduì de jūnrén ，shēngāo 、bùfá jiǎnzhí dōu yīmúyīyàng ā ！
I saw it too, it was stunning. The infantrymen in the parade were so tall and their marching was precisely in sync!
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那是。不紧跟时代的步伐怎么行？为此我每个月要买好多时尚杂志呢。而且我还特喜欢逛街，淘漂亮的宝贝。人啊，要是不多花心思，很快就会落伍的。
nà shì 。bù jǐngēn shídài de bùfá zěnme xíng ？wèicǐ wǒ měi ge yuè yào mǎi hǎoduō shíshàng zázhì ne 。érqiě wǒ hái tè xǐhuan guàngjiē ，táo piàoliang de bǎobèi 。rén a ，yàoshì bù duō huā xīnsi ，hěn kuài jiù huì luòwǔ de 。
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没错。洋山深水港一期码头不过开港半年多，年吞吐量今年预计就将高达300万TEU，也将使得今年上海港的集装箱总吞吐量再创新高。可以说，上海港因为拥有了洋山，前进的步伐正迈得更快、更坚实有力。
méicuò 。Yángshān shēnshuǐgǎng yīqī mǎtóu bùguò kāigǎng bànnián duō ，nián tūntǔliàng jīnnián yùjì jiù jiāng gāodá sānbǎi wàn TEU ，yě jiāng shǐde jīnnián Shànghǎigǎng de jízhuāngxiāng zǒng tūntǔliàng zài chuàng xīngāo 。kěyǐ shuō ，Shànghǎigǎng yīnwèi yōngyǒu le Yángshān ，qiánjìn de bùfá zhèng mài de gèng kuài 、gèng jiānshí yǒulì 。
Right. The first phase of the Yangshan Deep-Water Harbor is only half a year old but this year's freight capacity is already projected to reach three million TEU. This will also set a record for Shanghai's shipping container volume this year. You could say that because of Yangshan, Shanghai's harbors will improve even faster, and even more powerfully.
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