停滞不前
Traditional form:
停滯不前
Pinyin (reading):
tíngzhìbùqián
Definitions:
- stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant
- in a rut
- at a standstill
Characters:
- 停 - to suspend, to halt, to delay; suitable
- 滞 - to block, to obstruct; sluggish, stagnant
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 前 - in front, forward; former, preceding
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