进退

to advance or retreat / knowing when to come and when to leave / a sense of propriety

to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound

to retreat / to decline / to move back / to withdraw

to retreat; to withdraw / to reject; to return (sth) / to decline

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

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

to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible

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

to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible

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

to have no alternative (idiom)

free to come and go (idiom) / to have room to maneuver

not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety

can't advance or retreat (idiom); no room for maneuver / stalled / in a dilemma / stuck in a difficult position