进退不得
Traditional form:
進退不得
Pinyin (reading):
jìntuìbùdé
Definitions:
- can't advance or retreat (idiom); no room for maneuver
- stalled
- in a dilemma
- stuck in a difficult position
Characters:
- 进 - to advance, to make progress; to come in, to enter
- 退 - to retreat, to step back, to withdraw
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
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