按部就班
按部就班
àn bù jiù bān
to follow the prescribed order; to keep to the working routine (idiom)
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- (verb, idiom) to follow the prescribed order; to keep to the working routine (idiom)
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一板一眼(yī bǎn yī yǎn)· lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter
→寸步不离(cùn bù bù lí)· to follow somebody closely; to keep close to (idiom)
→按步就班(àn bù jiù bān)· follow the prescribed order
→剃发令(tì fà lìng)· the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646
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