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进退失据

jìn tuì shī jù

4-character word Traditional 進退失據

What 进退失据 means

1. no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); at a loss
2. in a hopeless situation

The characters in 进退失据

• 进jìnto go forward; to advance; to go in
• 退tuìto retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline
• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail
• 据jùaccording to; to act in accordance with; to depend on

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