原地踏步
Traditional form:
原地踏步
Pinyin (reading):
yuándìtàbù
Definitions:
- to mark time (military)
- to make no headway
Characters:
- 原 - source, origin, beginning
- 地 - earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
- 踏 - to trample, to tread on, to walk over
- 步 - walk, stroll, pace, march; to make progress
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