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to run / to jog / (military) to march at the double
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *步* | 步* | *步
a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process / situation
HSK 3
(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway / (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) / (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance
HSK 2
March / third month (of the lunar year)
to march; to parade; to demonstrate / procession; march; demonstration / to travel around; to roam
HSK 6
March
Nie Er (1912-1935), musician and composer of the PRC national anthem March of the Volunteer Army 義勇軍進行曲|义勇军进行曲
Chunfen or Spring Equinox, 4th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st March-4th April
International Women's Day (March 8)
Jingzhe or Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-20th March
pace / (measured) step / march
HSK 7-9
International Women's Day (March 8)
Yushui or Rain Water, 2nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 19th February-5th March
International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节, 8th March / foolish / stupid
lit. time is a butcher's knife / fig. time marches on, relentless and unforgiving / nothing gold can stay
Arbor Day (March 12th), also known as National Tree Planting Day 全民義務植樹日|全民义务植树日
rapid advance / forced march
Tian Han (1898-1968), author of the words of the PRC national anthem March of the Volunteer Army 義勇軍進行曲|义勇军进行曲
to start / to set in motion / to move / to march / to dig in (eating) / to tuck in (eating)
HSK 7-9
gait / marching order / step / pace
march (musical)
before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers / an army marches on its stomach
World Pi Day, a celebration of the mathematical constant π on March 14 each year
National Tree Planting Day (March 12th), as known as Arbor Day 植樹節|植树节
(of troops) to march
Annunciation (Christian festival on 25th March) / Lady day
with horses and soldiers gagged (idiom) / (of a marching army) in utter silence
International Women's Day (March 8)
(military) march-past
excursion / hike / march
to stride toward (success) / to march toward / to take a step toward
an expedition, esp. military / march to remote regions
to march / to advance
to march at parade step / March! (military command)
Qu Qiubai (1899-1935), politician, Soviet expert of the Chinese communists at time of Soviet influence, publisher and Russian translator, captured and executed by Guomindang at the time of the Long March
feet with calluses / fig. a long and hard march
Zunyi conference of January 1935 before the Long March
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  *寅* | 寅* | *寅
3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger / ancient Chinese compass point: 60°
March of the Volunteer Army (PRC National Anthem)
(old) highest administrative post in border areas / governor of a march
a slow march
Long March (retreat of the Red Army 1934-1935)
remote area / distant marches
march at ease / route step
(military) to undergo field training (camping, bivouacking, route marching, live fire practice etc) / (sports) to get into peak condition by competing overseas
to march straight in unchallenged (military) (idiom) / (fig.) to push deep into the heart of sth / to flood in
Ear Care Day (March 3)
(onom.) crunch (of marching feet etc)
a night march
to parade sb through the streets / to march or parade in the streets
Waking from Hibernation / old variant of 驚蟄|惊蛰, Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-20th March
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  *卯* | 卯* | *卯
mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon) / 4th earthly branch: 5–7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March–4th April), Year of the Rabbit / ancient Chinese compass point: 90° (east) / (coll.) to concentrate one's strength (variant of 鉚|铆)


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