逆水行舟
nì​shuǐ​xíng​zhōu

to sail against the current

  • created reference approved 逆水行舟 → 不进则退/不進則退 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    逆水行舟 nì​shuǐ​xíng​zhōu

    不进则退 / 不進則退 bù​jìn​zé​tuì

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 逆水行舟 · nì​shuǐ​xíng​zhōu · to sail against the current — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    逆水行舟

    nì​shuǐ​xíng​zhōu

    to sail against the current

    (of a boat) to sail against the flow; (figuratively) to work hard to make progress in a difficult environment. Often used with [[不进则退|不進則退|bu4 jin4 ze2 tui4]] to imply that one must keep moving forward or they will fall behind

    逆水 (literal) → 逆水 · nì​shuǐ · upstream 行舟 (literal) → 行舟 · xíng​zhōu · to sail a boat

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