以退為進

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	advance; enter; to come in
trad. (以退為進/以退爲進)		以	退	為/爲	進
simp. (以退为进)		以	退	为	进

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐtuìwéijìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ teoi³ wai⁴ zeon³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐtuìwéijìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐtuèiwéijìn
    • Wade–Giles: i³-tʻui⁴-wei²-chin⁴
    • Yale: yǐ-twèi-wéi-jìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiitueyweijinn
    • Palladius: итуйвэйцзинь (itujvɛjczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ teoi³ wai⁴ zeon³
    • Yale: yíh teui wàih jeun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ toey³ wai⁴ dzoen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ têu³ wei⁴ zên³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ tʰɵy̯³³ wɐi̯²¹ t͡sɵn³³/

Idiom

以退為進

1. to retreat for the sake of advancing