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Let’s dive into the idiom 「進退雙難」. Its definition and application are outlined below.
It is a metaphor that things cannot be decided and therefore it is difficult to take action. Same as “dilemma”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jìn tuì shuāng nán
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jeun3 teui3 seung1 naan4
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