退 [-------]

Jyutping jik6 seoi2 hang4 zau1 , bat1 zeon3 zak1 teoi3
Pinyin nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuì

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)