进道若退 (進道若退)
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Pinyin
Definition
进道若退 (進道若退)
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- progress seems like regress (the Book of Dao 道德經|道德经[Dào dé jīng], Chpt. 41)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一语道破
- 1 one word says it all (idiom)
- 2 to hit the nail on the head
- 3 to be pithy and correct
不知进退
- 1 not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety
不足为外人道
- 1 no use to tell others
- 2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
仁义道德
- 1 compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues
- 2 mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical