脚印 jiǎoyìn footprint
How to remember 脚印: 脚 foot + 印 to print = footprint.
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How it is used
- A footprint left behind - 雪地上的脚印 (xuědì shang de jiǎoyìn) footprints in the snow.
- Literally foot-mark; figurative 'footprint/trace one leaves in life' as in 一步一个脚印 (yí bù yí ge jiǎoyìn) steady, solid progress step by step.