進退兩難 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

進 jìn advance, make progress, enter
退 tuì
HSK 5
step back, retreat, withdraw
兩 liǎng two, both, pair, couple; ounce
難 nán difficult, arduous, hard; unable