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upstream
Our ship stemmed on against the current.
It means that learning is like sailing upstream.

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Open the tool →逆水 (nì shuǐ) means “against the current, upstream”.
逆水 is pronounced nì shuǐ in Mandarin Chinese.
“against the current” is 逆水 (nì shuǐ) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 逆水, each with pinyin and an English translation.