前不著村，後不著店

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

front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

no need / need not

(chess) move / trick / all right! / (dialect) to add

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

aspect particle indicating action in progress

to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply

to make known / to show / to prove / to write / book / outstanding

village

variant of 村[cun1]

back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-

inn / shop / store / CL:家[jia1]

inn; old-style hotel / (bound form) shop; store / CL:家[jia1]