to follow the prescribed order; to keep to the working routine (idiom)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
語句
原指巡查所轄嘅部屬,歸入所屬嘅班列,後引伸作做事依照一定嘅條理順序 to follow a proper or prescribed order
做嘢應該按部就班,先可以成功。
做嘢应该按部就班,先可以成功。
zou6 je5 jing1 goi1 on3 bou6 zau6 baan1, sin1 ho2 ji5 sing4 gung1 We need to follow a proper way to do things in order to succeed.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
phrase, figuratively, idiomatic
to keep to the conventional ways
phrase, idiomatic
to do something in an orderly manner; to follow the prescribed order