- 寸步难行 cùnbùnánxíng unable to move a stepTo be unable to move even a tiny bit, especially due to physical infirmity or difficult terrain
- 知难行易 zhīnánxíngyì easier to do than to understandEasier to do a thing than to understand it; a core epistemological proposition of Sun Yat-sen (Sun Wen) intended to encourage practical action and overcome the traditional view that action is more difficult than knowledge
- 无理寸步难行 wúlǐcùnbùnánxíng without reason one cannot proceedwithout truth or reason on one's side, one cannot go even a single inch; paired antonym of [[有理走遍天下|有理走遍天下|you3 li3 zou3 bian4 tian1 xia4]]
- 窒碍难行 zhì'àinánxíng hard to implementstuck and difficult to carry out; obstructed and hard to put into practice