Going against the direction of others is the meaning of the character 逆.
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逆水行舟，不进则退
逆水行舟，不进则退
like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
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Going upstream against the current, if you don't advance you will fall back.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 水(water (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
Water mimics the flow of running water with ripples on both sides.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 彳(left foot step)RADICAL
- 亍(right foot; right step)ASSOCIATIVE
Left foot then right foot stepping forward is the very action of traveling down a road.
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 贝(money; valuable thing)ASSOCIATIVE
- 刂(knife; punishment)RADICAL
Using a knife to carve rules on valuables establishes the laws that bind everyone together.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 辶(step; move)RADICAL
- 艮(stop; stiff; rigid)PHONO-SEMANTIC
When you take a step and encounter something hard and stuck, you must back away.
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逆水行舟，不进则退
Traditional逆水行舟，不進則退
like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
- ，。
Going upstream against the current, if you don't advance you will fall back.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 水(water (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
Water mimics the flow of running water with ripples on both sides.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 彳(left foot step)RADICAL
- 亍(right foot; right step)ASSOCIATIVE
Left foot then right foot stepping forward is the very action of traveling down a road.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 贝(money; valuable thing)ASSOCIATIVE
- 刂(knife; punishment)RADICAL
Using a knife to carve rules on valuables establishes the laws that bind everyone together.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 辶(step; move)RADICAL
- 艮(stop; stiff; rigid)PHONO-SEMANTIC
When you take a step and encounter something hard and stuck, you must back away.
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