逆水行舟 nìshuǐ xíng zhōu

nìshuǐ xíng zhōu set phrase a boat going against the current; you must work harder
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '逆水行舟')

Contained in

• 逆水行舟，不进则退(逆水行舟，不進則退) like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back
• 学如逆水行舟，不进则退(學如逆水行舟，不進則退) Study is like rowing upstream: no advance is to drop back