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進退為難

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

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
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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
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退
tuì = tu + ei4
to retreat; to withdraw / to reject; to return (sth) / to decline
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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)
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wèi = w + ei4
to feel embarrassed or awkward / to make things difficult (for someone) / to find things difficult (to do or manage)
nán = n + an2
difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good
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nàn = n + an4
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Words with 進退為難

進退為難 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 進退為難

進退為難 currently does not appear in any sentence.
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