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前不着村,后不着店

lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom) / fig. to be stranded in the middle of nowhere / to be in a predicament

Characters and words in 前不着村,后不着店

qián = qi + an2
front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly
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= bu + Ø4
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
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no need / need not
zhāo = zh + ao1
(chess) move / trick / all right! / (dialect) to add
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zháo = zh + ao2
to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in
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zhe = zh + e5
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zhuó = zhu + o2
to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply
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cūn = cu + (e)n1
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cūn = cu + (e)n1
hòu = h + ou4
empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler
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hòu = h + ou4
back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-
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diàn = di + an4
inn; old-style hotel / (bound form) shop; store / CL:家[jia1]
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Words with 前不着村,后不着店

前不着村,后不着店 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 前不着村,后不着店

前不着村,后不着店 currently does not appear in any sentence.
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