no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma; trapped; in an impossible situation
trad. 進退兩難
Also written 進退兩難【jìn tuì liǎng nán】
Characters in this word
4进
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to go forward, to advance, to go in, to enter, to put in, to submit, to take in, to admit, (math.) base of a number system, classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
- Pinyin
- jìn
- Traditional
- 進
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 680 of 2500
退
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to retreat; to withdraw, to reject; to return (sth), to decline
- Pinyin
- tuì
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 3835 of 2500
两
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two, both, some, a few, tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- Pinyin
- liǎng
- Traditional
- 兩
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 1703 of 2500
难
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difficult (to...), problem, difficulty, difficult, not good
- Pinyin
- nán
- Traditional
- 難
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 1327 of 2500