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踏脚石
tà​jiǎo​shí

stepping stone

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
踏脚石 踏腳石 tà​jiǎo​shí
stepping stone
A stone placed for stepping on to cross a stream or to reach a higher spot; (figuratively) a person, thing, or situation used as a means to achieve a goal or gain a higher position.

Frequency

Written text
0.060 per million

Cross-References

Classifier

  • 块 kuài

Same as

  • 垫脚石 diàn​jiǎo​shí

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)