不进则退
bù​jìn​zé​tuì

move forward or fall behind

  • created sense approved 不进则退/不進則退 · bù​jìn​zé​tuì · move forward or fall behind — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不进则退 / 不進則退

    bù​jìn​zé​tuì

    move forward or fall behind

    to fall back if one does not keep moving forward; progress or perish; if you do not advance, you will regress

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 进 (literal) → 进/進 · jìn · to advance 则 (literal) → 则/則 · zé · then 退 (literal) → 退 · tuì · to retreat

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense