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步步高

bùbùgāo
phrase #39,816

Meanings

  1. 1 higher with every step
  2. 2 BBK, the Guangdong electronics company that OPPO and vivo grew out of
  3. 3 Rising Step by Step, a classic piece of Cantonese music

Examples

HSK 6
新年吃糕，图的就是生活步步高。
Xīnnián chī gāo, tú de jiùshì shēnghuó bùbùgāo.
People eat cakes at New Year hoping life will get better with every step.
HSK 7-9
我小时候用的学习机就是步步高的。
Wǒ xiǎoshíhou yòng de xuéxíjī jiùshì Bùbùgāo de.
The learning gadget I used as a kid was a BBK.
HSK 7-9
广东音乐《步步高》节奏明快，常在喜庆场合演奏。
Guǎngdōng yīnyuè 《 Bùbùgāo 》 jiézòu míngkuài, cháng zài xǐqìng chǎnghé yǎnzòu.
The Cantonese music piece Rising Step by Step is bright and lively and is often played at festive occasions.

Tips

culture
The blessing rests on a pun: 糕 "cake" sounds like 高 "high", so festive cakes such as 年糕 and 油糕 promise a life that keeps rising. The fuller wish is 步步高升, rising step by step in one's career.
history
段永平 founded the company in 东莞 in 1995, and its English name BBK comes from the pinyin initials. OPPO and vivo began as offshoots of it and are now separate companies. The music piece was written by 吕文成 in the 1930s.

Stroke Order

步 bù
高 gāo