逆水行舟，不进则退
Traditional: 逆水行舟，不進則退Dictionary entry
like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
What does 逆水行舟，不进则退 mean?
逆水行舟，不进则退 (nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuì) has the following dictionary meaning.
1like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
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逆nìcontrary · opposite水Shuǐsurname Shui · Shui ethnic group行xíngokay · all right舟zhōuboat不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-进jìnto go forward · to advance则zé(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then · (bound form) standard; norm退tuìto retreat; to withdraw · to reject; to return (sth)
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逆水行舟，不进则退
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