Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「以退為進」—details below.
Today, we explore the idiom 「以退為進」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
Originally it meant to achieve moral progress through humility, and later it meant to use a conciliatory attitude as a means of advancement.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yǐ tuì wéi jìn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yi5 teui3 wai4 jeun3
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