用進廢退

Chinese

		to use	advance; enter; to come in	abolish; crippled	retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw
trad. (用進廢退)		用	進	廢	退
simp. (用进废退)		用	进	废	退

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yòngjìnfèituì

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄈㄟˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yòngjìnfèituì
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄈㄟˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yòngjìnfèituèi
    • Wade–Giles: yung⁴-chin⁴-fei⁴-tʻui⁴
    • Yale: yùng-jìn-fèi-twèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yonqjinnfeytuey
    • Palladius: юнцзиньфэйтуй (junczinʹfɛjtuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Idiom

用進廢退

1. use and disuse; use it or lose it

   語言學習的根本法則是用進廢退。 [MSC, trad.]
   语言学习的根本法则是用进废退。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yǔyán xuéxí de gēnběn fǎzé shì yòngjìnfèituì. [Pinyin]

   A fundamental rule of language learning is: Use it, or lose it.