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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 进退两难
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 进退两难 | jìn tuì liǎng nán | - no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma - trapped - in an impossible situation |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 14,406 | 35,464 | 28,700 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 进 | jìn | - to go forward - to advance - to go in - to enter - to put in - to submit - to take in - to admit - (math.) base of a number system - classifier for sections in a building or residential compound |
| 退 | tuì | - to retreat; to withdraw - to reject; to return (sth) - to decline |
| 两 | liǎng | - two - both - some - a few - tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old) |
| 难 | nán | - difficult (to...) - problem - difficulty - difficult - not good |
| 难 | nàn | - disaster - distress - to scold |
Other Words Containing 进退两难
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 进退两难 | - | - | 14,406 | 35,464 | 28,700 |