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逆水行舟

nì shuǐ xíng zhōu

4-character word

What 逆水行舟 means

1. lit. navigating a boat against the current (idiom)
2. fig. in a tough environment (one needs to work hard)

The characters in 逆水行舟

• 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

Words starting with 逆水行舟

• 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 逆水行舟

• 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