跋前踬后
Traditional form:
跋前躓後
Pinyin (reading):
báqiánzhìhòu
Definitions:
- to trip forwards or stumble back (idiom, from Book of Songs); can't get anything right
Characters:
- 跋 - to walk, to travel; epilogue, colophon
- 前 - in front, forward; former, preceding
- 踬 - to stumble, to totter; to fail, to be frustrated
- 后 - after; behind, rear; descendants
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