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cixn-thøex liofnglaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

dilemma

進退兩難

cirnthøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cixn'thex; cixn'thøex [[...]] 

advance or withdraw, to stay or quit a job, employ or fire a person

進退

cixn-thøex liofnglaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cixn'thex liorng'laan; cixn-thøex liorng'laan [[...]] 

be in a dilemma (to have difficulty going either forward of backward)

進退兩難

ycixn-uithøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ie'cixn uii'thex; ie'cixn-uii'thøex [[...]] 

pretend to move ahead in order to hide the intention to retreat

以進為退

liofnglaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liorng'laan [[...]] 

literally, between two difficulties — indecisive, dilemma

兩難

• cixn-thøex liofnglaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cixn'thex liorng'laan; cixn-thøex liorng'laan [[...]] 
  in a dilemma, to go on or to draw back are both difficult
  進退兩難

putcixn zeg thøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'cixn zeg thex; pud'cixn zeg thøex [[...]] 

either advance or retreat

不進則退

• Hak juu gegsuie hengciw, putcixn zeg thex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hak juu gek'suie heeng'ciw, pud'cixn zeg thex. [[...]] 
  There is no standing still. (in life) One either advances or retreats.
  學如逆水行舟,不進則退。

thøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thex; (thoex) [[...]] 

to retreat, retire, recede, withdraw, regress, retrogress, shrink, bow out, send back, give back, to return, lose or diminish (color, auspicious influence, prosperity, fever)

退

• cirnthøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cixn'thex; cixn'thøex [[...]] 
  advance or retire, advance or withdraw
  進退

• jiet theaax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiet thex'ax [[...]] 
  the fever has abated
  退燒了

• thietthøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thied'thex; thied'thøex [[...]] 
  withdraw from, pull out of, evacuate
  撤退

• tørthex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tøx'thex [[...]] 
  to walk backwards without turning around from a place to which we had advanced, to retreat, become worse than before (in some work, art, or study)
  倒退,退步

• tørtheakviaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tøx'thex'kviaa [[...]] 
  to walk backwards without turning around
  倒著走

ty cirnthøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ty cixn'thex; ty cixn'thøex [[...]] 

know how to advance and retreat

知進退

cirnthøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cixn'thøex [[...]] 

fluctuation

進退

cirnthøex 進退 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cixn'thøex [[...]] 

進退

cirnthøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cixn'thex; cixn'thøex [[...]][i#] [p.31]

SV : fluctuating (battle, business, etc)

進退

cirnthøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cixn'thex; cixn'thøex [[...]][i#] [p.31]

N : fluctuation

進退

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