Entry
进jìn道dào若ruò退tuì

  1. progress seems like regress (the Book of Dao 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1], Chpt. 41)

    trad. 進道若退

Also written 進道若退【jìn dào ruò tuì】

Characters in this word

4
进
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to go forward, to advance, to go in, to enter, to put in, to submit, to take in, to admit, (math.) base of a number system, classifier for sections in a building or residential compound

Pinyin
jìn
Traditional
進
Strokes
7
Frequency
680 of 2500
Words starting with 进Words ending in 进Anywhere in a word
道
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road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]), (bound form) way; reason; principle, (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization, (Daoism) the Way; the Dao, to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel), (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words), classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process, (old) circuit (administrative division)

Pinyin
dào
Strokes
12
Frequency
1253 of 2500
Words starting with 道Words ending in 道Anywhere in a word