進退維谷 jìn tuì wéi gǔ

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
維 wéi maintain, preserve, safeguard
谷 gǔ
HSK 6
valley, gorge, ravine