退一步海闊天空

See also: 退一步海阔天空

Chinese

	retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw	one step; a single step	as boundless as the sea and sky; unrestrained and far-ranging
trad. (退一步海闊天空)	退	一步	海闊天空
simp. (退一步海阔天空)	退	一步	海阔天空
Literally: “Take one step back, (and you will see) the vastness of the sea and sky”.

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tuì yī bù hǎikuòtiānkōng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄎㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi³ jat¹ bou⁶ hoi² fut³ tin¹ hung¹

退一步海闊天空

Sometimes, if you're working too much to solve a problem, it helps to step back from it, and new solutions will often present themselves.
Yielding (taking a step back), to someone else may make your future that much brighter/easier.

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