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按步就班

àn bù jiù bān

4-character word

What 按步就班 means

1. variant of {按部就班|àn bù jiù bān}

The characters in 按步就班

• 按ànto press; to push; to leave aside or shelve
• 步bùa step; a pace; walk
• 就jiù(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as…
• 班bānteam; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift

Sounds the same

Read àn bù jiù bān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 按部就班(idiom) to follow the prescribed order; to keep to the working routine