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

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 t͡ʃɵn³³ t͡sɐk̚⁵ tʰɵy̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: but² din¹ dak² hui¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /put̚⁵⁵ tin³³ tak̚⁵⁵ hui³³/

Idiom

不進則退

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)

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