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
之乎者也
zhī hū zhě yě
1 lit. 之[zhī], 乎[hū], 者[zhě] and 也[yě] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions
五十步笑百步
wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù
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
亦步亦趋
yì bù yì qū
1 to blindly follow suit (idiom)
2 to imitate slavishly
3 to do what everyone else is doing
仁者见仁,智者见智
rén zhě jiàn rén , zhì zhě jiàn zhì
1 The benevolent sees benevolence, the wise sees wisdom.
2 Different views are admissible. (idiom)
来者不善,善者不来
lái zhě bù shàn , shàn zhě bù lái
1 He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom).
2 Be careful not to trust foreigners.
3 Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!
来者不拒
lái zhě bù jù
1 to refuse nobody (idiom)
2 all comers welcome
前不见古人,后不见来者
qián bù jiàn gǔ rén , hòu bù jiàn lái zhě
1 unique
2 unprecedented (idiom)
胜者王侯败者寇
shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu
1 the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
2 history is written by the victors
太公钓鱼,愿者上钩
tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
始作俑者
shǐ zuò yǒng zhě
1 lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom)
2 fig. the originator of an evil practice
姜太公钓鱼,愿者上钩
Jiāng tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
安步当车
ān bù dàng chē
1 to go on foot (idiom)
2 to do things at a leisurely pace
寸步不让
cùn bù bù ràng
1 (idiom) not to yield an inch
寸步不离
cùn bù bù lí
1 to follow sb closely (idiom)
2 to keep close to
寸步难行
cùn bù nán xíng
1 unable to move a single step (idiom)
2 to be in an (extremely) difficult situation
故步自封
gù bù zì fēng
1 stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas
2 stagnating and conservative
旁观者清
páng guān zhě qīng
1 The person on the spot is baffled, the onlooker sees clear (idiom). The spectator sees more of the game.
昂首阔步
áng shǒu kuò bù
1 striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step
2 to strut
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