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Definition(s) for: 进退维谷

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
进退维谷 jìn tuì wéi gǔ - 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
- - 33,925 67,962 71,566

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
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
wéi- abbr. for Uighur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wei2wu2er3]
- surname Wei
wéi- to preserve
- to maintain
- to hold together
- dimension
- vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wei2 sheng1 su4])
- surname Gu
- valley
- grain
- corn

Other Words Containing 进退维谷

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
进退维谷 - - 33,925 67,962 71,566