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學如逆水行舟,不進則退

study is like rowing upstream – if you don't keep pushing forward, you fall behind

Characters and words in 學如逆水行舟,不進則退

xué = xu + e2
to learn / to study / to imitate / science / -ology
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= ru + Ø2
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= ni + Ø4
contrary / opposite / backwards / to go against / to oppose / to betray / to rebel
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like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
lit. navigating a boat against the current (idiom) / fig. in a tough environment (one needs to work hard)
against the current / upstream
shuǐ = shu + ei3
water / river / liquid / beverage / additional charges or income / (of clothes) classifier for number of washes
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háng = h + ang2
row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column
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xíng = xi + (e)ng2
to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense
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zhōu = zh + ou1
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= bu + Ø4
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
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jìn = ji + (e)n4
to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
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= z + e2
(conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / standard / norm / principle / to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items
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= z + e2
(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then / (bound form) standard; norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate; to follow / classifier for written items
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退
tuì = tu + ei4
to retreat / to decline / to move back / to withdraw
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退
tuì = tu + ei4
to retreat; to withdraw / to reject; to return (sth) / to decline
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