Down-to-earth in Chinese
(idiom) down-to-earth · HSK 7–9
脚踏实地
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- 脚 foot
- 踏 to step on
- 实 real
- 地 earth
做事要脚踏实地，不能着急。 You should be down-to-earth in what you do and not rush.
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Down-to-earth in Chinese is 脚踏实地 (jiǎo tà shí dì). You can also say 扎实 (zhā shi).
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