跋前疐後

Chinese

		travel; walk	front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	prostrate	back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
trad. (跋前疐後)		跋	前	疐	後
simp. (跋前疐后)		跋	前	疐	后

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báqiánzhìhòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄓˋ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat⁶ cin⁴ zi³ hau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báqiánzhìhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄓˋ ㄏㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báciánjhìhhòu
    • Wade–Giles: pa²-chʻien²-chih⁴-hou⁴
    • Yale: bá-chyán-jr̀-hòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: barchyanjyhhow
    • Palladius: бацяньчжихоу (bacjanʹčžixou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat⁶ cin⁴ zi³ hau⁶
    • Yale: baht chìhn ji hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁹ tsin⁴ dzi³ hau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed⁶ qin⁴ ji³ heo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚² t͡sʰiːn²¹ t͡siː³³ hɐu̯²²/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 跋前疐後

1. to encounter obstacles ahead and behind; to be beset with difficulties; to be surrounded by problems

   他正處於跋前疐後的尷尬局面。 [MSC, trad.]
   他正处于跋前疐后的尴尬局面。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā zhèng chùyú báqiánzhìhòu de gāngà júmiàn. [Pinyin]

   He is in a difficult dilemma.