進退失據

Chinese

		advance; enter; to come in	retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw	to lose; to miss; to fail	according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on; to seize; to occupy
trad. (進退失據)		進	退	失	據
simp. (进退失据)		进	退	失	据

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìntuìshījù

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄕ ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon³ teoi³ sat¹ geoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìntuìshījù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄕ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìntuèishihjyù
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴-tʻui⁴-shih¹-chü⁴
    • Yale: jìn-twèi-shr̄-jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinntueyshyjiuh
    • Palladius: цзиньтуйшицзюй (czinʹtujšiczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeon³ teoi³ sat¹ geoi³
    • Yale: jeun teui sāt geui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen³ toey³ sat⁷ goey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zên³ têu³ sed¹ gêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn³³ tʰɵy̯³³ sɐt̚⁵ kɵy̯³³/

Idiom

進退失據

1. to be between a rock and a hard place