come (/follow/tread) upon sb’s heels; dog sb’s step; follow another’s example; follow (/tread) in sb’s track (/trail/foot-steps); follow in the wake of sb; follow suit;take after sb;take a leaf out of another person’s book; trail along behind others; tread on the footprints of sb
? 若論心里的丘壑涇渭,頗步熙鳳的后塵。(《紅樓夢》1041)As regards ability and craftiness,she took after Xifeng.
步人后塵bù rén hòu chén
跟在別人后面走。形容重復(fù)前人的言談舉止。follow upon sb.’s heels, follow another’s example, follow suit, tread on the footprints of sb., take after sb., dog sb.’s step, trail along behind others, follow in other people’s footsteps