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进步

jìn bù
HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 5 Verb Common

Definitions

  1. 1. progress; improvement
  2. 2. to improve; to progress

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Word relationships

Antonyms

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退步
tuì bù

to do less well than before

与进步相反，指落后或倒退

Related words

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发展
fā zhǎn

development

指事物由小到大、由低级到高级的变化，与进步相关但更宏观

Synonyms

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进展
jìn zhǎn

to make headway; to make progress

指事物向前发展，常用于工作、项目等

Usage notes

Collocations

常与“有”搭配，表示取得进展，如“有进步”；也可与“大”搭配，表示进步很大，如“进步很大”。

Common mistakes

“进步”是离合词，可说“进了步”，但不能带宾语，不能说“进步了技术”，应该说“技术有了进步”。

Grammar

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Describe trends that become more and more true.

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Example Sentences

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看到学生 进步 ，老师感到很欣慰。
Seeing the students make progress, the teacher felt very gratified.
民主是社会 进步 的标志。
Democracy is a sign of social progress.
完善法制是社会 进步 的重要标志。
Improving the legal system is an important sign of social progress.
我们要自强不息，不断 进步 。
We must strive unremittingly and keep improving.
我们的起点很低，但是 进步 很快。
Our starting point was very low, but we progressed quickly.

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Words Containing 进步

新年进步
xīn nián jìn bù

Happy New Year!

民主进步党
mín zhǔ jìn bù dǎng

DPP (Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan)

虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后
xū xīn shǐ rén jìn bù , jiāo ào shǐ rén luò hòu

modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)

进步主义
jìn bù zhǔ yì

progressivism

进步号
jìn bù hào

Progress (name of Russian spaceship)

长足进步
cháng zú jìn bù

rapid progress

Child Words of 进步

步
bù

a step

进
jìn

to go forward