Daily Chinese Idiom Guessing Game
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.