And we don't want to try to smash long established social courtesies in one fell swoop and thereby have our efforts die before they get off the ground, and so we are moving slowly, a step at a time.
我們也不願意因一下子就對抗長久存在的人情社交禮儀，結果遭很大的阻力而「出師未捷身先死」，所以我們會循序漸進，一步步做。