bù​sè​bù​liú​bù​zhǐ​bù​xíng

no flow without a block

Senses

不塞不流,不止不行 bù​sè​bù​liú​bù​zhǐ​bù​xíng (also bú​sè​bù​liú​bù​zhǐ​bù​xíng) no flow without a block

If you do not block one thing, another cannot flow; if you do not stop one thing, another cannot move forward. This proverb means that unless old or harmful ideas are abolished, new or correct ones cannot be established or promoted.

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