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进退维谷

jìn tuì wéi gǔ

4-character word Traditional 進退維谷

What 进退维谷 means

1. no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
2. trapped
3. in an impossible situation

The characters in 进退维谷

• 进jìnto go forward; to advance; to go in
• 退tuìto retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline
• 维wéito preserve; to maintain; to hold together
• 谷gǔgrain; corn