汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 进退为难
jìn tuì wéi nán
进退为难 (進退為難)
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
见"进退两难"。
进 (進) jìn 退 tuì 为 (爲) wèi/wéi 难 (難) nán/nàn
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

它的眼带出进退为难的神情，虽然只是那么个小而不美的小鸟，它的举动与表情可露出极大的委屈与为难。

It was small and by no means pretty, yet its gestures and expressions revealed that it had been wronged and landed in a difficult situation.

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