進退為難 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

進 jìn advance, make progress, enter
退 tuì
HSK 5
step back, retreat, withdraw
為 wéi do, handle, govern, act; be
難 nán difficult, arduous, hard; unable