Chinese English Dictionary Online

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  • to tread on
  • to trample
  • to stamp
  • to fulfill
  • Taiwan pr. [dao4]
  • (fig.) to follow (a path that has proved ill-advised)
  • dance (performance art)
  • dancing
Trad. 重蹈覆轍
  • lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom)
  • fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past
  • to repeat a disastrous mistake
  • lit. to move one's hands and feet about (idiom)
  • fig. to dance about
  • to express one's feelings in body language
  • to gesture animatedly
  • (TCM) involuntary movements of the limbs
Trad. 發揚蹈厲
  • see 發揚踔厲|发扬踔厉[fa1 yang2 chuo1 li4]
Trad. 循規蹈矩
  • to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly
  • to act according to convention
Trad. 蹈常襲故
  • follow the same old path (idiom); stuck in a rut
  • always the same routine
Trad. 高舉遠蹈
  • to leave office for a high and distant place (idiom); to retire and place oneself above the fray
Trad. 赴湯蹈火
  • lit. to jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire (idiom)
  • fig. to brave any danger
  • to go to any lengths (for a noble cause)

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