it is advancing sometimes to seem retreating

it is advancing sometimes to seem retreating

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ì nd à oru ò Tu ì, which means that the way forward is backward. It comes from Laozi.

The origin of Idioms

Lao Tzu: "if you know the truth, if you go forward, if you go back."

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences. example although Lao's music is complete and he is on his way, he still needs to do it. Biography of Zhang Heng in the book of the later Han Dynasty