tíng​zhì​bù​qián

be at a standstill

  1. to stagnate; stagnation
    to be at a standstill or bogged down; to stop moving or developing because of some obstacle
  2. adverb
    not
    Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings
  3. to move forward
    (bound form) to advance; to proceed; to move forward.