逆水行舟

Chinese

		to go against the current; to go upstream
trad. (逆水行舟)		逆水	行舟
simp. #(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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nìshuǐxíngzhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nìshuěisíngjhou
    • Wade–Giles: ni⁴-shui³-hsing²-chou¹
    • Yale: nì-shwěi-syíng-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nihshoeishyngjou
    • Palladius: нишуйсинчжоу (nišujsinčžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jik⁶ seoi² hang⁴ zau¹
    • Yale: yihk séui hàhng jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁹ soey² hang⁴ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yig⁶ sêu² heng⁴ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚² sɵy̯³⁵ hɐŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

逆水行舟

1. to diligently engage in one's studies (like a boat going against the currents)
2. 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