Chinese Word: 逆水行舟 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

lit. navigating a boat against the current (idiom); fig. in a tough environment (one needs to work hard)

1		xué 学 rú 如 nì shuǐ xíng zhōu 逆水行舟， bú jìn zé tuì 不进则退。 Study is like sailing against the current: either you keep forging ahead or you keep falling behind.
2		xué 学 rú 如 nì shuǐ xíng zhōu 逆水行舟， bú jìn zé tuì 不进则退。 - zhōng guó 中国 yàn yǔ 谚语。 Learning is like rowing upstream, not to advance is to drop back. -Chinese Proverb.
3		shēng huó 生活 shì 是 nì shuǐ xíng zhōu 逆水行舟， bú jìn zé tuì 不进则退。 Life is boating against the current.
4		shí jiān 时间 shùn liú ér xià 顺流而下， shēng huó 生活 nì shuǐ xíng zhōu 逆水行舟。 Time flows with the current, life sails against the current.
5		dāng jīn 当今 shè huì 社会， nì shuǐ xíng zhōu 逆水行舟， bú jìn zé tuì 不进则退。 Today's society, sailing against the current, fall behind.

Grid Size

Choose Font

Choose Grid Style

No. of traceable character

Show Phonetic Notation

Show English

Show Stroke Order

One Stroke Per Box

Hide Character Hints

Hide Radicals

One character per line

1		xué 学 rú 如 nì shuǐ xíng zhōu 逆水行舟， bú jìn zé tuì 不进则退。 Study is like sailing against the current: either you keep forging ahead or you keep falling behind.
2		xué 学 rú 如 nì shuǐ xíng zhōu 逆水行舟， bú jìn zé tuì 不进则退。 - zhōng guó 中国 yàn yǔ 谚语。 Learning is like rowing upstream, not to advance is to drop back. -Chinese Proverb.
3		shēng huó 生活 shì 是 nì shuǐ xíng zhōu 逆水行舟， bú jìn zé tuì 不进则退。 Life is boating against the current.
4		shí jiān 时间 shùn liú ér xià 顺流而下， shēng huó 生活 nì shuǐ xíng zhōu 逆水行舟。 Time flows with the current, life sails against the current.
5		dāng jīn 当今 shè huì 社会， nì shuǐ xíng zhōu 逆水行舟， bú jìn zé tuì 不进则退。 Today's society, sailing against the current, fall behind.