進退維艱
zeon3 teoi3 wai4 gaan1jìn tuì wéi jiāninferred
English
- no room to advance or to retreat; without any way out of a dilemma
粵語 — Cantonese
- 處於困局之中，又唔可以前進，又唔可以後退
Examples
佢喺兩份工之間掙扎，進退維谷。
He is struggling between two jobs, caught in a dilemma.
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk