不進則退

Chinese

		not; no	advance; enter; to come in	(expresses contrast with a previous sentence or clause); standard; norm (expresses contrast with a previous sentence or clause); standard; norm; rule; to imitate; to follow; then; principle	retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw
trad. (不進則退)		不	進	則	退
simp. (不进则退)		不	进	则	退

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùjìnzétuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄗㄜˊ ㄊㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bat¹ zeon³ zak¹ teoi³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): but² din¹ dak² hui¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùjìnzétuì [Phonetic: bújìnzétuì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄗㄜˊ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùjìnzétuèi
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chin⁴-tsê²-tʻui⁴
    • Yale: bù-jìn-dzé-twèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujinntzertuey
    • Palladius: буцзиньцзэтуй (buczinʹczɛtuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹ t͡sɤ³⁵ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zeon³ zak¹ teoi³
    • Yale: bāt jeun jāk teui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzoen³ dzak⁷ toey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ zên³ zeg¹ têu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɵn³³ t͡sɐk̚⁵ tʰɵy̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: but² din¹ dak² hui¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /put̚⁵⁵ tin³³ tak̚⁵⁵ hui³³/

Idiom

不進則退

1. Advance or be left behind.

Derived terms

• 學如逆水行舟，不進則退／学如逆水行舟，不进则退 (xué rú nìshuǐxíngzhōu, bùjìnzétuì)