進退維谷

See also: 进退维谷

Chinese

		to advance and retreat; sense of propriety	to preserve; to maintain; to hold together to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension	valley
trad. (進退維谷)		進退	維	谷
simp. (进退维谷)		进退	维	谷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìntuì wéi gǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon³ teoi³ wai⁴ guk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìntuì wéi gǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìntuèi wéi gǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴-tʻui⁴ wei² ku³
    • Yale: jìn-twèi wéi gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinntuey wei guu
    • Palladius: цзиньтуй вэй гу (czinʹtuj vɛj gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeon³ teoi³ wai⁴ guk¹
    • Yale: jeun teui wàih gūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen³ toey³ wai⁴ guk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zên³ têu³ wei⁴ gug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn³³ tʰɵy̯³³ wɐi̯²¹ kʊk̚⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 進退維谷

1. between a rock and a hard place

Synonyms

• 不上不下 (bùshàngbùxià)
• 進退兩難／进退两难 (jìntuìliǎngnán)