To advance forward like taking quick steps toward a well to get water.
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进退两难
进退两难
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
3 meanings#30367
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
- 。
He is now in a dilemma with no way out.
- 貳形adjective
trapped
- 。
He is now in a dilemma, unable to move forward or backward.
- 參形adjective
in an impossible situation
- 。
He is now in a dilemma.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 辶(step; move)RADICAL
- 艮(stop; stiff; rigid)PHONO-SEMANTIC
When you take a step and encounter something hard and stuck, you must back away.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(one; top)RADICAL
- 冂(frame; border; surround)ASSOCIATIVE
- 从(two people walking together)ASSOCIATIVE
Two people standing together in a frame symbolize the number two, a pair.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 又(hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE
- 隹(short-tailed bird)RADICAL
Catching a short-tailed bird in flight with bare hands is as difficult as the challenge this character represents.
进退两难
Traditional進退兩難
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
3 meanings#30367
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
- 。
He is now in a dilemma with no way out.
- 貳形adjective
trapped
- 。
He is now in a dilemma, unable to move forward or backward.
- 參形adjective
in an impossible situation
- 。
He is now in a dilemma.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 辶(step; move)RADICAL
- 艮(stop; stiff; rigid)PHONO-SEMANTIC
When you take a step and encounter something hard and stuck, you must back away.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(one; top)RADICAL
- 冂(frame; border; surround)ASSOCIATIVE
- 从(two people walking together)ASSOCIATIVE
Two people standing together in a frame symbolize the number two, a pair.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 又(hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE
- 隹(short-tailed bird)RADICAL
Catching a short-tailed bird in flight with bare hands is as difficult as the challenge this character represents.
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