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进一步 (jìn yí bù) — further (indicates taking an additional step or increasing the degree of an action)

Definition

进一步 means 'to take a further step / go further,' stressing an additional stage of action rather than just a bigger degree. 更 and 更加 are degree adverbs ('more / even more') inside one step; 进一步 moves the whole process forward.

adverb
further (indicates taking an additional step or increasing the degree of an action)

Examples

  • 进一步。
    Zhè ge fāng àn hái xū yào jìn yí bù wán shàn.
    This plan still needs to be further improved.
  • 进一步，。
    jìn yí bù Yán jiū zhè ge wèn tí, wǒ men xū yào gèng duō shù jù.
    To further study this issue, we need more data.
  • 进一步。
    Gōng sī jué dìng jìn yí bù tóu zī hǎi wài shì chǎng.
    The company decided to further invest in overseas markets.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

进jìnadvance
一步one step
一yīone步bùstep
偏正Modifier + head

进 advance, 一 one, 步 step: the image is moving one step further.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 進; 进 is its simplified writing.

  • 辵辵chuòwalk
  • 隹隹zhuīshort-tail bird

The traditional form 進 pairs 辵 (walk) with 隹 (short-tail bird): the picture showed moving forward because a bird can only walk forward, not backward. The simplified 进 is a later shorthand.

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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

Open 一 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

步 uses two 止 (foot) forms, one reversed, to show one foot stepping in front of the other.

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