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进退两难 in English
jin4 tui4 liang3 nan2 Meaning
Meanings
no room to advance or to retreat (idiomatic expression); without any way out of a dilemma
trapped
in an impossible situation
Simplified Characters
进
退
两
难
Traditional Characters
進
退
兩
難
Pinyin
jin4 tui4 liang3 nan2
Literal
Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.
进
jin4
to go forward
退
tui4
to retreat
两
liang3
two
难
nan2
difficult (to...)
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