equally difficult to go on or retreat

equally difficult to go on or retreat

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ì NTU ì sh ī J ù, which means that there is no basis for advancing and retreating; it describes having nowhere to live; it also refers to a dilemma. It comes from the biography of Fan Ying in the later Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Fan Yingzhuan in the book of the later Han Dynasty: "but Zi began to anger the master of Wancheng with his body of no Zi; he enjoyed the title of nobility and salary, but he didn't hear the skill of salvation, so there was no basis for advance or retreat."

Analysis of Idioms

It's hard to ride a tiger, and it's in a dilemma

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; as predicate, object, attribute; refers to a dilemma. There is no room for the two. This can be said to be the commandment of a harmonious person. (Zhang Binglin's a brief introduction to Zhuzi Studies)