進退為難

进
進
退
退
为
為
难
難
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation

Characters and words in 進退為難

进
進
jìn = ji + (e)n4
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
进 = 井 + 辶 : Joan of Arc fell into a well after she entered the encampment's bathroom, but luckily one of her gladiator sandals got stuck on one toilet, so now she can use the string to climb out of the well.
进
進
退
退
to advance or retreat / knowing when to come and when to leave / a sense of propriety
退
tuì = tu + ei4
to retreat / to decline / to move back / to withdraw
退 = 艮 + 辶 : Tommy Turtle (tu) recently retired (退) and retreated (退) into the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). There he just wears gladiator sandals (辶), blows chewing gum bubbles (艮) and ponders the sense of life.
退
tuì = tu + ei4
to retreat; to withdraw / to reject; to return (sth) / to decline
为
為
wéi = w + ei2
as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)
为
為
wèi = w + ei4
because of / for / to
为 = ⺀ + 力 : This one looks like a bird with crazy hair, and when I googled "bird with crazy hair", wow was I amazed how many birds with crazy hair there are! Penguins are birds with crazy hair! So let's use a penguin for this character.
为 = ⺀ + 力 : The crazy hair penguin wants to use the Eiffel Tower's bathroom, but because Willy Walrus just finished it stinks like hell. The first thing crazy hair penguin does is to press the button to release a heap of blossoms to make the air breathable again.
为
為
难
難
to feel embarrassed or awkward / to make things difficult (for someone) / to find things difficult (to do or manage)
难
難
nán = n + an2
difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good
难 = 又 + 隹 : Mnemonic symbol: a video game which is almost impossible to beat.
难 = 又 + 隹 : Just inside the anthill's kitchen, Napoleon and a sparrow are trying to beat an insanely difficult video game. After playing and failing all day long Napoleon finally loses his temper and crashes the game wearing two boxing gloves.
难
難
nàn = n + an4
disaster / distress / to scold

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