蜗行牛步 wō xíng niú bù

move at a snail's pace; very slow progress

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. to crawl like a snail and plod along like an old ox (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. to move at a snail's pace
  3. 3. to make slow progress

Characters

Character Meaning
蜗 wō
snail; see 蜗牛wō niú; Taiwan pr. guā
行 xíng HSK 3
all right; OK!; will do
牛 niú HSK 2
cow; ox; bull
步 bù HSK 2
walk; a step; a pace