踏步不前

to be at a standstill / to mark time

Characters and words in 踏步不前

see 踏實|踏实[ta1 shi5]
to tread / to stamp / to step on / to press a pedal / to investigate on the spot

= + : Tecumseh (t) tries on his new cowboy boots (⻊) in the ashram's bathroom (a4), but accidentally he tramples (踏) all over his hot tub (沓).
stride / to step (on the spot) / to mark time / at a standstill
surname Bu
a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process / situation

= + + + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: a five-paced viper, 五步蛇.

Bruno Bear (bu) was strolling (步) around the space station's bathroom (Ø4) with a dinosaur bone (丨) as walking (步) stick in his hands. He disregarded the barrier (止) marking the wild, forbidden area lightheartedly and just jumped over it whistling a joyful tune. But shortly afterwards he made a terrible realization: only five paces (步)away there was a five-paced viper (步) hiding under a petal leaf (丶)! Bruno knew the viper was after him, so he tried to keep it at distance using his dinosaur bone and feeding it bananas (丿) while at the same time slowly backing up to the barrier.
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

= + : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.
front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly

= + : The Queen of Hearts is smoking some weed just inside the anthill's kitchen. She's so high that she thinks the lamp in front of her is the moon which wants to stab her with a kitchen knife.

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a front panel.

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