Learning Chinese grows from characters to words and then idioms. We’ve created free tools to help you master idioms like 「進退失措」, explained here.
The idiom being introduced now is 「進退失措」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.
Refers to being in a dilemma and unable to cope with it. Same as “at a loss as to what to do”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jìn tuì shī cuò
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jeun3 teui3 sat1 chou3
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