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步武

bù wǔ

2-character word

What 步武 means

1. to walk in someone's steps
2. to follow in someone's footsteps (literary)
3. a step (literary)

The characters in 步武

• 步bùa step; a pace; walk
• 武wǔmartial; military

Sounds the same

Read bù wǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 布伍to deploy troops

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