jìn dào ruò tuì
progress seems like regress (the Book of Dao 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1], Chpt. 41)
进
jìn
to go forward
道
dào
road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3])
若
ruò
to seem
退
tuì
to retreat; to withdraw