寸步不离 — Chinese idiom
寸步不离
cùn bù bù lí
Traditional: 寸步不離
Meaning
- to follow sb closely
- to keep close to
Character by character
- 寸cùninch; small, tiny
- 步bùwalk, stroll, pace, march; to make progress
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 离lírare beast; strange; elegant
Idioms sharing a character
- 寸土寸金 cùn tǔ cùn jīn
- 寸步不让 cùn bù bù ràng
- 寸步难行 cùn bù nán xíng
- 寸草不生 cùn cǎo bù shēng
- 得寸进尺 dé cùn jìn chǐ
- 手无寸铁 shǒu wú cùn tiě
- 方寸大乱 fāng cùn dà luàn
- 方寸已乱 fāng cùn yǐ luàn
- 柔肠寸断 róu cháng cùn duàn
- 肝肠寸断 gān cháng cùn duàn
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