What Is a Treadle?

Footsteps, Chinese vocabulary.

[jio bù]

(1) [pace; footstep]: The distance stepped by one step.

Footsteps are small.

(2) [foot; step; tread]: The movement of the foot when walking or running.

Graceful and brisk footsteps.

Watch your footsteps.

Heavy footsteps.

(3) [strength of one's leg]: Full strength, ability to walk.

The villain has good footsteps, the two just care about leaving. ^[1]

1. Refers to the distance between two feet when stepping.

Song Peng Daya's "Hei Xi Ai Lue": "The steps are shot in eight characters, the steps are wide and the waist is squatting, so it can be strong and wear."

The thirty-seventh round of "Water Margin": "At the moment Song Jiang sees that it is not the right word, Sanjiu stepped away and looked at the road."

The 20th round of "Water Margin" by Ming Shi Naiji, "Liangshan Park's Righteous Master, Gaicheng County, Liu Tang on the moonlight night" Liu Tang saw the moon was bright, dragged his footsteps, looked west, and walked back to Liangshan Park overnight.

2. Refers to movements or sounds while walking.

The second round of "Water Margin": "Yan Po could hear her daughter's footsteps coming downstairs, and then she could go upstairs again."

Chapter 5 of Ba Jin's "Destruction": "He walked to the cross street. He stopped suddenly."

3. Footprints, footprints. Also metaphor for whereabouts or trends.

Fifty-two times in "Foreign History of the Rulin": "His footsteps are scattered. Knowing that he is going to Nanjing, Beijing has gone?"

The eleventh state of the strange situation witnessed in twenty years: "I was secretly surprised in my heart, so I wouldn't call him. Follow the steps and walk back to the signing room."

Ye Shengtao's "Ni Huanzhi" 4: "Although the wind is roaring outside the window, the steps of Spring have approached silently."

Feng Mu's War Songs and Anthems of Constant Revolution: "His poems and songs have made us see the pace of the times and made us hear the sound of the times."

4. Metaphorical accomplishments or achievements.

"Zhu Zi Genre" Volume 36: "It's just that the footsteps haven't arrived, and the cover can't be like a saint calmly."

Hu Cai's "Preface 2": "Test whether their thoughts and steps can catch up with this leap forward!"

5. The name of porter in ancient times.

Emperor Liang Wu of the Southern Dynasties, "Prohibition of Private Profits": "A lot of guerrillas are called again, which is called containment. There are more treacherous robbers, more plunder, or demand for supply or responsibility." ^[1]