进退为难 in English jin4 tui4 wei2 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 为 难

Traditional Characters

進 退 為 難

Pinyin

jin4 tui4 wei2 nan2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

进jin4to go forward 退tui4to retreat 为wei4as (in the capacity of) 难nan2difficult (to...)