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進退維谷 (zeon3 teoi3 wai4 guk1) — in a dilemma/quandary; between a rock and a hard place in Cantonese

zeon˗₃進teoi˗₃退waiˎ₄維gukˉ¹谷
简 进退维谷
Mandarin Pinyin: jin4 tui4 wei2 gu3

Meaning of 進退維谷

nounin a dilemma/quandary; between a rock and a hard place
noun進退兩難

Characters in 進退維谷

進zeon3
advance; move forward; go ahead | [antonym] 退
退teoi3
cancel; retract; withdraw
維wai4
used to regulate tone
谷guk1
dilemma; difficult situation; predicament

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