停滞不前

停滯不前

tíngzhìbùqián

idiom #21,974

Meanings

1 to stagnate
2 to make no progress
3 stuck in a rut
4 at a standstill

Characters

to stagnate / to be sluggish

forward / ahead

Examples

公司的发展停滞不前，急需变革。

Gōngsī de fāzhǎn tíngzhì bù qián, jí xū biàngé.

The company's development has stagnated and urgently needs reform.

如果你停滞不前，别人就会超过你。

Rúguǒ nǐ tíngzhì bù qián, biérén jiù huì chāoguò nǐ.

If you stop making progress, others will overtake you.

Tips

memory

停 = stop, 滞 = stagnate, 不前 = not forward. Picture a car engine revving but the car going nowhere — that's 停滞不前.

Stroke Order

停 tíng

滞 zhì

不 bù

前 qián