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跋前踬后
跋前躓後
báqiánzhìhòu
1. to trip forwards or stumble back (idiom, from Book of Songs); can't get anything right

Character Breakdown

跋
bá
to walk, to travel; epilogue, colophon
12 丶
前
qián
in front, forward; former, preceding
HSK 1 9 丶
踬
zhì
to stumble, to totter; to fail, to be frustrated
15 丶
后
hòu
after; behind, rear; descendants
HSK 1 6 丶

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