jìn​tuì​wú​lù

to have no way out

  • created reference approved 进退无路/進退無路 → 进退两难/進退兩難 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    进退无路 / 進退無路 jìn​tuì​wú​lù

    进退两难 / 進退兩難 jìn​tuì​liǎng​nán

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created reference approved 进退无路/進退無路 → 进退维谷/進退維谷 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    进退无路 / 進退無路 jìn​tuì​wú​lù

    进退维谷 / 進退維谷 jìn​tuì​wéi​gǔ

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 进退无路/進退無路 · jìn​tuì​wú​lù · to have no way out — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    进退无路 / 進退無路

    jìn​tuì​wú​lù

    to have no way out

    literally meaning to have no path forward or backward; describes being in a desperate situation with no alternative

    进退 (literal) → 进退/進退 · jìn​tuì · to advance and retreat 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 路 (literal) → 路 · lù · road

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

    created sense