equally difficult to go on or retreat
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ì NTU ì sh ī t ú, which means that there are mistakes in both forward and backward, and it means that the command is wrong. From Fu yongzhuan, the book of Wei.
The origin of Idioms
Fu yongzhuan, the book of Wei Dynasty: "Uncle Ye was in a dilemma, so he ran away."
Idiom usage
To act as a predicate or attributive
Chinese PinYin : jìn tuì shī tú
equally difficult to go on or retreat
the world is but a little place , after all. tiān yá zhǐ chǐ
quick of eye and deft of hand. yǎn jí shǒu kuài
an orphan-calf injures the nursing cow -- ingratitude. gū dú chù rǔ
When the water is clear, there is no fish. shuǐ zhì qīng wú yú