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学如逆水行舟，不进则退

xué rú nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuì

11-character word Traditional 學如逆水行舟，不進則退

What 学如逆水行舟，不进则退 means

1. study is like rowing upstream – if you don't keep pushing forward, you fall behind

The characters in 学如逆水行舟，不进则退

• 学xuéto learn; to study; to imitate
• 如rúas; as if; such as
• 逆nìcontrary; opposite; backwards
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…
• 舟zhōuboat
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 进jìnto go forward; to advance; to go in
• 则zé(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then…
• 退tuìto retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline