牛步化

niúbùhuà

idiom

Meanings

HSK 4

项目牛步化，大家都很着急。

Xiàngmù niúbùhuà, dàjiā dōu hěn zháojí.

The project has slowed to a crawl and everyone's getting anxious.

HSK 7-9

改革一旦牛步化，就很难再提速了。

Gǎigé yídàn niúbùhuà, jiù hěn nán zài tísù le.

Once reform slows to an ox's pace, it's hard to pick up speed again.

usage

A loanword feel borrowed from Japanese 牛歩化. Mostly shows up in journalism and commentary about sluggish legislative progress or stalled reforms.

牛 niú

步 bù

化 huà