"進退兩難" meaning in 漢語

See 進退兩難 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɵn³³ tʰɵy̯³³ lœːŋ¹³ naːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA], /t͡sin⁵⁵ tʰu̯i⁵⁵ li̯oŋ³¹ nan¹¹/ [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Neipu, IPA], /t͡sin²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ li̯ɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lan²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Taiwanese, general, IPA, Kaohsiung], /t͡sin¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Taiwanese, general, IPA, Taibei], /t͡sin¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰu̯e¹¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Taiwanese, IPA, Taibei], /t͡sin²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰu̯e²¹⁻⁴¹ li̯ɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lan²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Taiwanese, IPA, Kaohsiung] Forms: 进退两难 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 陷入圈套
    Sense id: zh-進退兩難-zh-phrase-bGP49aQD
  2. 身處困難的境地
    Sense id: zh-進退兩難-zh-phrase-zzAibHcc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 不上不下 (bùshàngbùxià), 進退維谷 (jìntuìwéigǔ) [Traditional-Chinese], 进退维谷 (jìntuìwéigǔ) [Simplified-Chinese]
{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "客家語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "客家語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「兩」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「退」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「進」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「難」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "泉漳話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "泉漳話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "进退两难",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "bùshàngbùxià",
      "word": "不上不下"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jìntuìwéigǔ",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "進退維谷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jìntuìwéigǔ",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "进退维谷"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "陷入圈套"
      ],
      "id": "zh-進退兩難-zh-phrase-bGP49aQD"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "身處困難的境地"
      ],
      "id": "zh-進退兩難-zh-phrase-zzAibHcc"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jìntuìliǎngnán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄋㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeon³ teoi³ loeng⁵ naan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chin-thui-lióng-nàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chìn-thè-lióng-lân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chìn-thòe-lióng-lân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jìntuìliǎngnán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄋㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jìntuèiliǎngnán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chin⁴-tʻui⁴-liang³-nan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jìn-twèi-lyǎng-nán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jinntueyleangnan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czinʹtujljannanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзиньтуйляннань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeon³ teoi³ loeng⁵ naan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jeun teui léuhng nàahn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzoen³ toey³ loeng⁵ naan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zên³ têu³ lêng⁵ nan⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɵn³³ tʰɵy̯³³ lœːŋ¹³ naːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chin-thui-lióng-nàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jin^(tui liongˋ) nan^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jin⁴ tui⁴ liong³ nan²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sin⁵⁵ tʰu̯i⁵⁵ li̯oŋ³¹ nan¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chìn-thè-lióng-lân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsìn-thè-lióng-lân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cientealiofnglaan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sin²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ li̯ɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lan²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sin¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "IPA",
        "Taibei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chìn-thòe-lióng-lân"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsìn-thuè-lióng-lân"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cientoealiofnglaan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sin¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰu̯e¹¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "IPA",
        "Taibei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sin²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰu̯e²¹⁻⁴¹ li̯ɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lan²³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "進退兩難"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "客家語成語",
    "客家語詞元",
    "帶「兩」的漢語詞",
    "帶「退」的漢語詞",
    "帶「進」的漢語詞",
    "帶「難」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "泉漳話成語",
    "泉漳話詞元",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "进退两难",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "bùshàngbùxià",
      "word": "不上不下"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jìntuìwéigǔ",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "進退維谷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jìntuìwéigǔ",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "进退维谷"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "陷入圈套"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "身處困難的境地"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jìntuìliǎngnán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄋㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeon³ teoi³ loeng⁵ naan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chin-thui-lióng-nàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chìn-thè-lióng-lân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chìn-thòe-lióng-lân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jìntuìliǎngnán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄋㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jìntuèiliǎngnán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chin⁴-tʻui⁴-liang³-nan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jìn-twèi-lyǎng-nán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jinntueyleangnan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czinʹtujljannanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзиньтуйляннань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zeon³ teoi³ loeng⁵ naan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jeun teui léuhng nàahn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzoen³ toey³ loeng⁵ naan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zên³ têu³ lêng⁵ nan⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɵn³³ tʰɵy̯³³ lœːŋ¹³ naːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chin-thui-lióng-nàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jin^(tui liongˋ) nan^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jin⁴ tui⁴ liong³ nan²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sin⁵⁵ tʰu̯i⁵⁵ li̯oŋ³¹ nan¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chìn-thè-lióng-lân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsìn-thè-lióng-lân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cientealiofnglaan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sin²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ li̯ɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lan²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sin¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "IPA",
        "Taibei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chìn-thòe-lióng-lân"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsìn-thuè-lióng-lân"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cientoealiofnglaan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sin¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰu̯e¹¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "IPA",
        "Taibei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sin²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰu̯e²¹⁻⁴¹ li̯ɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lan²³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "進退兩難"
}

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