進道若退 jìn dào ruò tuì

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

進 jìn advance, make progress, enter
道 dào
HSK 2
path, road, street; method, way
若 ruò
HSK 6
if, supposing, assuming; similar
退 tuì
HSK 5
step back, retreat, withdraw