原地踏步 in English yuan2 di4 ta4 bu4 Meaning

Meanings

  • to mark time (military)
  • to make no headway

Simplified Characters

原 地 踏 步

Traditional Characters

原 地 踏 步

Pinyin

yuan2 di4 ta4 bu4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

原yuan2Hara (Japanese surname) 地di4-ly 踏ta4see 踏實|踏实[ta1 shi5] 步bu4surname Bu