进退失据

Traditional form:

進退失據

Pinyin (reading):

jìntuìshījù

Definitions:

• no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); at a loss
• in a hopeless situation

Characters:

• 进 - to advance, to make progress; to come in, to enter
• 退 - to retreat, to step back, to withdraw
• 失 - to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
• 据 - to possess, to occupy; position; base

Traditional characters:

• 進 - to advance, to make progress; to come in, to enter
• 退 - to retreat, to step back, to withdraw
• 失 - to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
• 據 - to possess, to occupy; position; base