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逆水行舟，不进则退

nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuì

9-character word Traditional 逆水行舟，不進則退

What 逆水行舟，不进则退 means

1. like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)

The characters in 逆水行舟，不进则退

• 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

Words containing 逆水行舟，不进则退

• 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