停滯不前

Chinese

		to stagnate; to bog down; to be at a standstill to stagnate; to bog down; to be at a standstill; to be held up	not; no	front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward
trad. (停滯不前)		停滯	不	前
simp. (停滞不前)		停滞	不	前

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tíngzhìbùqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄓˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ting⁴ zai⁶ bat¹ cin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tíngzhìbùqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄓˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tíngjhìhbùcián
    • Wade–Giles: tʻing²-chih⁴-pu⁴-chʻien²
    • Yale: tíng-jr̀-bù-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyngjyhbuchyan
    • Palladius: тинчжибуцянь (tinčžibucjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ting⁴ zai⁶ bat¹ cin⁴
    • Yale: tìhng jaih bāt chìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ting⁴ dzai⁶ bat⁷ tsin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ting⁴ zei⁶ bed¹ qin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɪŋ²¹ t͡sɐi̯²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹/

Idiom

停滯不前

1. to cease developing and be unable to progress; stagnant

   • 地主階級這樣殘酷的剝削和壓迫所造成的農民的極端的窮苦和落後，就是中國社會幾千年在經濟上和社會生活上停滯不前的基本原因。 [MSC, trad.]
     地主阶级这样残酷的剥削和压迫所造成的农民的极端的穷苦和落后，就是中国社会几千年在经济上和社会生活上停滞不前的基本原因。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1939, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《中國革命和中國共產黨》 (The Chinese Revolution and the Chinese Communist Party), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Dìzhǔ jiējí zhèyàng cánkù de bōxuē hé yāpò suǒ zàochéng de nóngmín de jíduān de qióngkǔ hé luòhòu, jiù shì Zhōngguó shèhuì jǐ qiān nián zài jīngjì shàng hé shèhuì shēnghuó shàng tíngzhìbùqián de jīběn yuányīn. [Pinyin]

     The extreme poverty and backwardness of the peasants resulting from ruthless landlord exploitation and oppression is the basic reason why Chinese society remained at the same stage of socio-economic development for several thousand years.