"原地踏步" meaning in Chinese

See 原地踏步 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /ɥɛn³⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /jyːn²¹ tei̯²² taːp̚² pou̯²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ɥɛn³⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/, /jyːn²¹ tei̯²² taːp̚² pou̯²²/ Chinese transliterations: yuándìtàbù [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jyun⁴ dei⁶ daap⁶ bou⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], yuándìtàbù [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], yuándìtàbù [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], yüan²-ti⁴-tʻa⁴-pu⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], ywán-dì-tà-bù [Mandarin, Yale, standard], yuandihtahbuh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], юаньдитабу [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], juanʹditabu [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], yùhn deih daahp bouh [Cantonese, Yale], jyn⁴ dei⁶ daap⁹ bou⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yun⁴ déi⁶ dab⁶ bou⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 原地踏步
  1. (figurative) to make no progress; to be treading water Tags: figuratively, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-原地踏步-zh-phrase-Yf7Te4On Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make no progress; to be treading water"
      ],
      "id": "en-原地踏步-zh-phrase-Yf7Te4On",
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        [
          "progress",
          "progress"
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        [
          "treading water",
          "tread water"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to make no progress; to be treading water"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuándìtàbù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyun⁴ dei⁶ daap⁶ bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuándìtàbù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuándìtàbù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yüan²-ti⁴-tʻa⁴-pu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ywán-dì-tà-bù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuandihtahbuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "юаньдитабу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "juanʹditabu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɥɛn³⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yùhn deih daahp bouh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyn⁴ dei⁶ daap⁹ bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yun⁴ déi⁶ dab⁶ bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyːn²¹ tei̯²² taːp̚² pou̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɥɛn³⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyːn²¹ tei̯²² taːp̚² pou̯²²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "原地踏步"
}
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        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 原",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 地",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 步",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 踏",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make no progress; to be treading water"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "progress",
          "progress"
        ],
        [
          "treading water",
          "tread water"
        ]
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        "(figurative) to make no progress; to be treading water"
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuándìtàbù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyun⁴ dei⁶ daap⁶ bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuándìtàbù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄊㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuándìtàbù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yüan²-ti⁴-tʻa⁴-pu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ywán-dì-tà-bù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuandihtahbuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "юаньдитабу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "juanʹditabu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɥɛn³⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yùhn deih daahp bouh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyn⁴ dei⁶ daap⁹ bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yun⁴ déi⁶ dab⁶ bou⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyːn²¹ tei̯²² taːp̚² pou̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɥɛn³⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyːn²¹ tei̯²² taːp̚² pou̯²²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "原地踏步"
}

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