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Chinese idioms like 「進退裕如」 represent a high level of language skill. This free guide helps you learn their meaning and use.

This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「進退裕如」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.

It means moving forward and backward are both easy and effortless.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jìn tuì yù rú

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jeun3 teui3 yu6 yu4

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