进退维谷

Traditional form:

進退維谷

Pinyin (reading):

jìntuìwéigǔ

Definitions:

• no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
• trapped
• in an impossible situation

Characters:

• 进 - to advance, to make progress; to come in, to enter
• 退 - to retreat, to step back, to withdraw
• 维 - to preserve, to maintain, to hold together
• 谷 - valley, gorge, ravine

Traditional characters:

• 進 - to advance, to make progress; to come in, to enter
• 退 - to retreat, to step back, to withdraw
• 維 - to preserve, to maintain, to hold together
• 谷 - valley, gorge, ravine