no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma; trapped; in an impossible situation
trad. 進退維谷
Also written 進退維谷【jìn tuì wéi gǔ】
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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
维
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abbr. for Uyghur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wei2 wu2 er3], surname Wei
- Pinyin
- Wéi
- Traditional
- 維
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 4260 of 2500
谷
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grain, corn
- Pinyin
- gǔ
- Traditional
- 穀
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 9105 of 2500