循序渐进 — Chinese idiom
循序渐进
xún xù jiàn jìn
Traditional: 循序漸進
Meaning
- in sequence, step by step ; to make steady progress incrementally
Character by character
- 循xúnto obey, to follow, to comply with
- 序xùorder, sequence, series; preface
- 渐jiàngradually
- 进jìnto advance, to make progress; to come in, to enter
Idioms sharing a character
- 因循守旧 yīn xún shǒu jiù
- 循循善诱 xún xún shàn yòu
- 循规蹈矩 xún guī dǎo jǔ
- 井然有序 jǐng rán yǒu xù
- 渐入佳境 jiàn rù jiā jìng
- 防微杜渐 fáng wēi dù jiàn
- 不知进退 bù zhī jìn tuì
- 加官进位 jiā guān jìn wèi
- 加官进爵 jiā guān jìn jué
- 加官进禄 jiā guān jìn lù
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