进道若蜷

jìn dào ruò quán

progress seems like regress (alternative wording for 進道若退|进道若退[jin4 dao4 ruo4 tui4])

jìn

to go forward

dào

road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3])

ruò

to seem

quán

to curl up (like a scroll)