逆水行舟

Chinese

		to go against the current; to go upstream
simp. and trad. (逆水行舟)		逆水	行舟
Literally: “to make the boat go against the current”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nìshuǐxíngzhōu

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jik⁶ seoi² hang⁴ zau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: nìshuǐxíngzhōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nihshoeishyngjou
  - IPA ^(key): /ni⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕiŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jik⁶ seoi² hang⁴ zau¹
  - Yale: yihk séui hàhng jāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁹ soey² hang⁴ dzau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yig⁶ sêu² heng⁴ zeo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚² sɵy̯³⁵ hɐŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

逆水行舟

to diligently engage in one's studies (like a boat going against the currents)
to go against the tide
- 俄強力反擊北約東擴　逆水行舟加強境外軍力 [MSC, trad.]
  俄强力反击北约东扩　逆水行舟加强境外军力 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2006, 俄强力反击北约东扩逆水行舟加强境外军力(图) (news headline)
  É qiánglì fǎnjī Běiyuē dōng kuò; nìshuǐxíngzhōu jiāqiáng jìngwài jūnlì [Pinyin]
  Russia makes strong counterattack to NATO's eastern expansion; fights the tide by strengthening extraterritorial troops

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)

逆水行舟，不進則退／逆水行舟，不进则退

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