不塞不流，不止不行

Chinese

		not; no	to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in; strategic pass; piston; unenlightened; Serb (abbrev.); Serbian	not; no	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move		not; no	to stop; prohibit; till	not; no	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
trad. (不塞不流，不止不行)		不	塞	不	流	，	不	止	不	行
simp. #(不塞不流，不止不行)		不	塞	不	流	，	不	止	不	行

Etymology

From the "Origin of Dao" by Han Yu.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùsèbùliú, bùzhǐbùxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ , ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ sak¹ bat¹ lau⁴, bat¹ zi² bat¹ hang⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùsèbùliú, bùzhǐbùxíng [Phonetic: búsèbùliú, bùzhǐbùxíng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄜˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ , ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùsèbùlióu, bùjhǐhbùsíng
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-sê⁴-pu⁴-liu², pu⁴-chih³-pu⁴-hsing²
    • Yale: bù-sè-bù-lyóu-, bù-jř-bù-syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: busehbuliou, bujyybushyng
    • Palladius: бусэбулю, бучжибусин (busɛbulju, bučžibusin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ sak¹ bat¹ lau⁴, bat¹ zi² bat¹ hang⁴
    • Yale: bāt sāk bāt làuh, bāt jí bāt hàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ sak⁷ bat⁷ lau⁴, bat⁷ dzi² bat⁷ hang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ seg¹ bed¹ leo⁴, bed¹ ji² bed¹ heng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ sɐk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ lɐu̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɐŋ²¹/

Proverb

不塞不流，不止不行

1. There is no flowing without damming and no motion without rest.