进退维谷 in English jin4 tui4 wei2 gu3 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 维 谷

Traditional Characters

進 退 維 谷

Pinyin

jin4 tui4 wei2 gu3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

进jin4to go forward 退tui4to retreat 维wei2abbr. for Uighur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wei2 wu2 er3] 谷gu3grain