bá​qián​zhì​hòu

to be in a dilemma

  • created reference approved 跋前疐后/跋前疐後 → 跋前踬后/跋前躓後 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    跋前疐后 / 跋前疐後 bá​qián​zhì​hòu

    跋前踬后 / 跋前躓後 bá​qián​zhì​hòu

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 跋前疐后/跋前疐後 → 跋胡疐尾 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    跋前疐后 / 跋前疐後 bá​qián​zhì​hòu

    跋胡疐尾 bá​hú​zhì​wěi

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 跋前疐后/跋前疐後 · bá​qián​zhì​hòu · to be in a dilemma — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    跋前疐后 / 跋前疐後

    bá​qián​zhì​hòu

    to be in a dilemma

    to be in a difficult situation where it is equally hard to move forward or backward; in a quandary

    跋 (literal) → 跋 · bá · to tread on 前 (literal) → 前 · qián · front 疐 (literal) → 疐 · zhì · to stumble 后 (literal) → 后/後 · hòu · behind

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense