between two fires

between two fires

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ì NTU ì w ú J ù, which means that both forward and backward have lost their basis and are in a dilemma. It's about nowhere. It's also a dilemma. It comes from the biography of Fan Ying in the later Han Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

It's a dilemma

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."

Idiom usage

To be in trouble is to be in trouble. Examples: we should cherish the loss of the evil and the right, which is suitable for our country. The book of Jin Zhou Chu Zhuan