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逆水

nì shuǐ

2-character word

What 逆水 means

1. against the current
2. upstream

The characters in 逆水

• 逆nìcontrary; opposite; backwards
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水

Words starting with 逆水

• 逆水行舟nì shuǐ xíng zhōulit. navigating a boat against the current (idiom)…
• 逆水行舟，不进则退nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuìlike rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)

Words containing 逆水

• 学如逆水行舟，不进则退xué rú nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuìstudy is like rowing upstream – if you don't keep pushing forward, you fall behind

Sounds the same

Read nì shuǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 溺水to drown