stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant; in a rut; at a standstill
trad. 停滯不前
Also written 停滯不前【tíng zhì bù qián】
Characters in this word
4停
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to stop, to halt, to park (a car)
- Pinyin
- tíng
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 788 of 2500
滞
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(bound form) sluggish; stagnant
- Pinyin
- zhì
- Traditional
- 滯
- Strokes
- 12
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
前
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front, forward, ahead, first, top (followed by a number), future, ago, before, BC (e.g. 前293年), former, formerly
- Pinyin
- qián
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 256 of 2500