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Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「進退有節」—details below.

Let’s dive into the idiom 「進退有節」. Its definition and application are outlined below.

It means that both forward and backward movements are legal.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jìn tuì yǒu jiē

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jeun3 teui3 yau5 jit3

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