WordTaiwan frequency #27,691
進退兩難
ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄋㄢˊ
“unable to advance or retreat; caught in a dilemma; in a difficult situation with no good options”
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進
ㄐㄧㄣˋ
To go forward or advance; to enter or go in; to submit or present; to put in; to take in or admit; to start an official career; to recommend; to strive.
退
ㄊㄨㄟˋ
to move backward; to retreat or withdraw; to step back; to decline or reject; to resign from a position; to cancel or revoke
兩
ㄌㄧㄤˇ
Two; a pair; both; some; a few; classifier for vehicles; unit of weight (tael).
難
ㄋㄢˊ
difficult; hard to do; problem; disaster; calamity; to scold; to blame
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 進行ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊto proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; to carry out; to conduct; to advance
- 進入ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄖㄨˋto enter; to go into; to join; to reach a certain period or state
- 兩岸ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄢˋboth sides of a river or sea; especially Taiwan and mainland China across the Taiwan Strait.
- 民進黨ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄉㄤˇDemocratic Progressive Party (DPP); Taiwan's major political party founded in 1986; one of the two dominant parties in Taiwan politics.
- 困難ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄋㄢˊdifficult; hard to do or deal with; a difficult situation; hardship; straitened circumstances
- 進一步ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄧ ㄅㄨˋto go a step further; to advance or progress to a deeper or higher level; more; further
- 難以ㄋㄢˊ ㄧˇhard to; difficult to; not easy to (predict, imagine, achieve, etc).
- 退休ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄡto leave one's job permanently due to age, years of service, or personal choice; to stop working and live on a pension or savings
- 進步ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄅㄨˋprogress; improvement; to improve; to progress; to move forward or develop beyond the previous state.
- 難道ㄋㄢˊ ㄉㄠˋused in rhetorical questions to express surprise or disbelief; don't tell me...; could it be that...?
- 進口ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄎㄡˇto import; imported goods; entrance or inlet (e.g., for air or water).
- 前進ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋto go forward; to advance; to move ahead; to make progress; to forge ahead