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踏脚板

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Collocation

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往上爬的踏脚板
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踩着这块踏脚板
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凭借踏脚板
4
踩踏脚板

Definition

踏脚板

Literally means:

footstool

Actually means:

stepping stone

It refers to the device installed to the side of a bed or vehicle for people to step on and off. It figuratively refers to the means or methods for reaching a certain aim, either a good one or a bad one.

安置在床前、车沿等处供人上下用的装置。比喻用来达到某个目的手段或途径。适用于好事或坏事。

Example

Used as object. (作宾语)
1
Shí
实习
可以
shuō
shì
bāngzhù
帮助
xué
大学
shēng
毕业生
jiù
就业
de
jiǎobǎn
踏脚板
  
,
hěnduō
很多
rén
zhèngshì
正是
cǎi
zhāo
zhèkuài
这块
jiǎobǎn
脚板
zhǎodào
找到
liǎo
shì
适合
自己
de
gōngzuò
工作
  

Internship can be said to help college graduates to find employment pedal, many people are stepping on this footboard to find a suitable job for themselves.

2
Zhè
wèi
chénggōng
成功
de
shāngrén
商人
shuō
dào
  
:
qián
以前
shībài
失败
de
jiàoxun
教训
shì
xiànzài
现在
chénggōng
成功
de
jiǎobǎn
踏脚板
  
,
jiùshì
就是
píngjiè
凭借
zhāo
zhèxiē
这些
jiǎobǎn
踏脚板
cái
取得
le
xiànzài
现在
de
chénggōng
成功
  

The successful businessman said: "The lesson of previous failures is that I am now a successful stepping board, and it is with these stepping boards that I have achieved my current success."

3
Zài
zuòzhě
作者
de
xià
笔下
  
,
zhè
shì
huài
tòu
le
de
rén
女人
  
,
dàn
不但
chūmài
出卖
péngyou
朋友
qīnrén
亲人
  
,
shènzhì
甚至
ér
女儿
zuòwéi
作为
wǎng
shàng
de
jiǎobǎn
踏脚板
  

In the author's pen, this is a bad woman, she not only betrayed friends and relatives, and even the daughter as a stepping board to climb up.