进退维谷
jìn tuì wéi gǔ
Pinyin

Definition

进退维谷
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jìn tuì wéi gǔ
  1. no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
  2. trapped
  3. in an impossible situation

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

谷
gǔ
  1. 1 grain
  2. 2 corn
退
tuì
  1. 1 to retreat
  2. 2 to decline
  3. 3 to move back
  4. 4 to withdraw
退休
tuì xiū
  1. 1 to retire
  2. 2 retirement (from work)
退出
tuì chū
  1. 1 to withdraw
  2. 2 to abort
  3. 3 to quit
  4. 4 to log out (computing)
低谷
dī gǔ
  1. 1 valley
  2. 2 trough (as opposed to peaks)
  3. 3 fig. low point
  4. 4 lowest ebb
  5. 5 nadir of one's fortunes
倒退
dào tuì
  1. 1 to fall back
  2. 2 to go in reverse
全身而退
quán shēn ér tuì
  1. 1 to escape unscathed
  2. 2 to get through in one piece
山谷
shān gǔ
  1. 1 valley
  2. 2 ravine
峡谷
xiá gǔ
  1. 1 canyon
  2. 2 gill
  3. 3 ravine
布谷鸟
bù gǔ niǎo
  1. 1 cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.)
  2. 2 same as 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟[dù juān niǎo]
后退
hòu tuì
  1. 1 to recoil
  2. 2 to draw back
  3. 3 to fall back
  4. 4 to retreat
撤退
chè tuì
  1. 1 to retreat
击退
jī tuì
  1. 1 to beat back
  2. 2 to repel
早退
zǎo tuì
  1. 1 to leave early (before the stipulated finishing time)
  2. 2 to retire early (from one's job)
曼谷
Màn gǔ
  1. 1 Bangkok, capital of Thailand
河谷
hé gǔ
  1. 1 river valley
消退
xiāo tuì
  1. 1 to wane
  2. 2 to vanish gradually
减退
jiǎn tuì
  1. 1 to ebb
  2. 2 to go down
  3. 3 to decline
硅谷
Guī gǔ
  1. 1 Silicon Valley
谷子
gǔ zi
  1. 1 millet

Idioms (20)

不知进退
bù zhī jìn tuì
  1. 1 not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety
四体不勤，五谷不分
sì tǐ bù qín , wǔ gǔ bù fēn
  1. 1 never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite
打退堂鼓
dǎ tuì táng gǔ
  1. 1 lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to give up
  3. 3 to turn tail
满坑满谷
mǎn kēng mǎn gǔ
  1. 1 (idiom) all over the place
  2. 2 in every nook and cranny
  3. 3 packed to the rafters
知难而退
zhī nán ér tuì
  1. 1 to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom); fig. to back out of an awkward situation
  2. 2 to get out on finding out what it's really like
空谷足音
kōng gǔ zú yīn
  1. 1 the sound of footsteps in a deserted valley (idiom)
  2. 2 sth hard to come by
  3. 3 sth wonderful and rare
临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网
lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng
  1. 1 better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom)
  2. 2 one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim
临阵退缩
lín zhèn tuì suō
  1. 1 to shrink back as the time for battle approaches (idiom)
  2. 2 to get cold feet
虚怀若谷
xū huái ruò gǔ
  1. 1 receptive as an echoing canyon (idiom); modest and open-minded
跌至谷底
diē zhì gǔ dǐ
  1. 1 to hit rock bottom (idiom)
退避三舍
tuì bì sān shè
  1. 1 lit. to retreat three day's march (idiom); fig. to give way in the face of superior strength
  2. 2 a strategic withdrawal
逆水行舟，不进则退
nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuì
  1. 1 like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
进退不得
jìn tuì bù dé
  1. 1 can't advance or retreat (idiom); no room for maneuver
  2. 2 stalled
  3. 3 in a dilemma
  4. 4 stuck in a difficult position
进退中绳
jìn tuì zhōng shéng
  1. 1 to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible
进退两难
jìn tuì liǎng nán
  1. 1 no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
  2. 2 trapped
  3. 3 in an impossible situation
进退失据
jìn tuì shī jù
  1. 1 no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); at a loss
  2. 2 in a hopeless situation
进退有常
jìn tuì yǒu cháng
  1. 1 to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible
进退为难
jìn tuì wéi nán
  1. 1 no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
  2. 2 trapped
  3. 3 in an impossible situation
进退无路
jìn tuì wú lù
  1. 1 to have no alternative (idiom)
进退维谷
jìn tuì wéi gǔ
  1. 1 no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
  2. 2 trapped
  3. 3 in an impossible situation

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