进退为难 jìn tuì wéi 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
为 wéi
HSK 2
do, handle, govern, act; be
难 nán
HSK 3
difficult, arduous, hard; unable