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停滞不前

tíng zhì bù qián

4-character word Traditional 停滯不前

What 停滞不前 means

1. stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant
2. in a rut
3. at a standstill

The characters in 停滞不前

• 停tíngto stop; to halt; to park (a car)
• 滞zhì(bound form) sluggish; stagnant
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 前qiánfront; forward; ahead

Example sentences

• 阿尔及尔从不停滞不前。
  ā'ěrjí'ěr cóngbù tíngzhìbùqián.
  Algiers never stands still.

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