Character combinations make words; words evolve into idioms. Learn 「不知進退」 today with this free Chinese resource.
This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「不知進退」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
don’t know whether I should move forward or backward. A metaphor for indecision. It also describes a lack of discretion in words and actions.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
bù zhī jìn tuì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
bat1 ji1 jeun3 teui3
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