Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「進道若踡」, explained below.
Here, we present the idiom 「進道若踡」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
It means that the way forward seems like going backward. Same as “advance as if retreating”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jìn dào ruò juǎn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jeun3 dou6 yeuk6 kyun4
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.

