进退失据

Traditional: 進退失據

jìn tuì shī jù

Dictionary entry

no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); at a loss

What does 进退失据 mean?

进退失据 (jìn tuì shī jù) has the following dictionary meaning.

1no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); at a loss

2in a hopeless situation

Character breakdown

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进jìnto go forward · to advance 退tuìto retreat; to withdraw · to reject; to return (sth)失shīto lose · to miss 据jùvariant of 據|据[ju4]

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进退失据

jìn tuì shī jù

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