逆水行舟，不进则退
逆水行舟，不进则退
nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuì
like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
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Traditional: 逆水行舟，不進則退
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- (idiom) like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
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Related Words
一条绳上的蚂蚱(yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha)— lit. like locusts tied to one rope (idiom)
→学如逆水行舟，不进则退(xué rú nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuì)— Study is like rowing upstream: no advance is to drop back
→一日三秋(yī rì sān qiū)— a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
→一日不见，如隔三秋(yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū)— one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
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