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逐步

zhúbù

step by step

A person climbing stairs
Memory picture

Characters in this word

逐 zhú

Strokes
10
Radical
辶 — to walk
Made of
辶 to walk 豕 pig, boar
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 逐

步 bù

Strokes
7
Radical
止 — to stop, to halt
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 我们逐步学。 Wǒmen zhúbù xué. We learn step by step.
  • 计划逐步做。 Jìhuà zhúbù zuò. The plan is done step by step.
  • 他逐步进步。 Tā zhúbù jìnbù. He improves step by step.

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