步人後塵

Chinese

		a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process	man; person; people	dust kicked up by somebody walking in front; someone's footsteps
trad. (步人後塵)		步	人	後塵
simp. (步人后尘)		步	人	后尘

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùrénhòuchén

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄡˋ ㄔㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ jan⁴ hau⁶ can⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùrénhòuchén
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄡˋ ㄔㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùrénhòuchén
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-jên²-hou⁴-chʻên²
  - Yale: bù-rén-hòu-chén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhrenhowchern
  - Palladius: бужэньхоучэнь (bužɛnʹxoučɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou⁶ jan⁴ hau⁶ can⁴
  - Yale: bouh yàhn hauh chàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ jan⁴ hau⁶ tsan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ yen⁴ heo⁶ cen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² jɐn²¹ hɐu̯²² t͡sʰɐn²¹/

Idiom

步人後塵

to follow in somebody's footsteps

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