进退两难 jìn tuì liǎng nán

DEFINITIONS

  1. no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
  2. trapped
  3. in an impossible situation

CHARACTERS

进 jìn
HSK 2
advance, make progress, enter
退 tuì
HSK 5
step back, retreat, withdraw
两 liǎng
HSK 2
two, both, pair, couple; ounce
难 nán
HSK 3
difficult, arduous, hard; unable