idiom > sense of propriety growth and decline
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Rise and fall retreat
  Explanation: See "retreat message."
  Source: Qing Wei Yuan "<Wujin Zhuangshao Zong Bo testament> Order" Jun in the late Qianlong and scholar and Shen with the DPRK, depressed or not, so with the "Poems" and "easy" gentleman villain retreat occasion of growth and decline, often energies generous, lingering heave a deep sigh, read the book can be sad its Zhiyun. "
No. 2
  Means the increase or decrease; change. With the "advance and retreat information."
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No. 3
  成语词条: 进退消长
  成语发音: jìn tuì xiāo cháng
  成语释疑: 指增减;变化。同“进退消息”。
  成语出处: 清·魏源《〈武进庄少宗伯遗书〉序》:“君在乾隆末,与大学士和珅同朝,郁郁不合,故与《诗》《易》君子小人进退消长之际,往往发愤慷慨,流连太息,读其书可以悲其志云。”