停滞不前

停滯不前

tíngzhì-bùqián

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

HSK 2

如果你停滞不前，别人就会超过你。

Rúguǒ nǐ tíngzhì-bùqián, biérén jiù huì chāoguò nǐ.

If you stop making progress, others will overtake you.

HSK 7-9

公司的发展停滞不前，急需变革。

Gōngsī de fāzhǎn tíngzhì-bùqián, jíxū biàngé.

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

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