逆水行舟，不进则退 (逆水行舟，不進則退) nìshuǐ xíng zhōu, bù jìn zé tuì

nìshuǐ xíng zhōu, bù jìn zé tuì phrase like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back
Domain: Proverb 谚语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '逆水行舟，不進則退')