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Jyutping zeon3 dou6 joek6 kyun4
Pinyin jìn dào ruò quán

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. entering the Way, you seem to coil back (Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3], the Book of Dao 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1], Chap. 14)
  2. progress in the Dao can seem illusory