进退失据 in English jin4 tui4 shi1 ju4 Meaning

Meanings

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

Simplified Characters

进 退 失 据

Traditional Characters

進 退 失 據

Pinyin

jin4 tui4 shi1 ju4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

进jin4to go forward 退tui4to retreat 失shi1to lose 据ju4variant of 據|据[ju4]