Examples from the LingQ library
nìshuǐxíngzhōu bù jìn zé tuì
Chinese to English translation and meaning.
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- {metaphor} like a boat sailing against the current, not advancing means falling back; One must constantly forge ahead (in study, life, etc.), or one will fall behind.
- Do not go back against the water
- like rowing upstream, To stop advancing is to be driven back
