踏步不前
tà​bù​bù​qián

to mark time

  • created sense approved 踏步不前 · tà​bù​bù​qián · to mark time — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    踏步不前

    tà​bù​bù​qián

    to mark time

    to be at a standstill and make no progress; to mark time and fail to move forward

    踏步 (literal) → 踏步 · tà​bù · to mark time 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 前 (literal) → 前 · qián · to move forward

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense