We’re offering free resources to help you learn Chinese. In this series, idioms and proverbs take center stage, known for their deep meanings and versatile usage. Today’s idiom is 「進退無依」, explained below.
This introduction highlights the idiom 「進退無依」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
It means that there is no support for moving forward or backward.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jìn tuì wú yī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jeun3 teui3 mou4 yi1
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