逆水行舟，不进则退
Traditional form:
逆水行舟，不進則退
Pinyin (reading):
nìshuǐxíngzhōu,bùjìnzétuì
Definitions:
- like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
Characters:
- 逆 - to disobey, to rebel; traitor, rebel
- 水 - water, liquid, lotion, juice
- 行 - to go, to walk, to move; professional
- 舟 - boat, ship
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 进 - to advance, to make progress; to come in, to enter
- 则 - rule, law, regulation; grades
- 退 - to retreat, to step back, to withdraw
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