進退失據

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

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

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

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

to lose / to miss / to fail

according to / to act in accordance with / to depend on / to seize / to occupy