To progress step by step in an orderly manner; gradual improvement.
指学习工作等按照一定的步骤逐渐深入或提高。
《论语·宪问》不怨天，不尤人，下学而上达，知我者其天乎？”朱熹注此但自言其反己自修，循序渐进耳。”
You can't master a skill overnight; you need to learn it step by step, following the principle of gradual progress.
Learn the next connected idiom: 循序渐进 (xún xù jiàn jìn) → 进退两难 (jǐn tuì liǎng nán)
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