进退 (進退) jìntuì
jìntuì
set phrase
to advance or retreat; knowing when to come and when to leave; a sense of propriety
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '進退'; Guoyu '進退')
Contained in
- 进退失据(進退失據) no room to advance or to retreat; at a loss; in a hopeless situation
- 进退为难(進退為難) no room to advance or to retreat; without any way out of a dilemma; trapped
- 进退两难(進退兩難) no room to advance or to retreat; without any way out of a dilemma; trapped; in an impossible situation
- 进退中绳(進退中繩) to advance or retreat, each has its rules; many translations are possible
- 进退维谷(進退維谷) no room to advance or to retreat; without any way out of a dilemma; trapped; in an impossible situation
- 进退无路(進退無路) to have no alternative
- 进退自如(進退自如) free to come and go; to have room to maneuver
- 进退不得(進退不得) can't advance or retreat; no room for maneuver; stalled; in a dilemma
- 不知进退(不知進退) not knowing when to come or leave; with no sense of propriety
- 进退有常(進退有常) to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷三十四 志第十四: 曆三 Volume 34 Treatises 14: Calendar 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 24
- 卷三十三 志第十三: 曆二 Volume 33 Treatises 13: Calendar 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 15
- 卷七十五 志第二十八 律曆八 Volume 75 Treatises 28: Measures and Calendar 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 12
- 卷十三 志第三 歷下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 11
- 第三 律曆下 曆法 Volume 93: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Three Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 11
- 卷二十七上 志第十七上 曆三上 Volume 27a Treatises 18: Calendar 3a New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 10
- 卷十七 志第七 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 7: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 10
- 卷七十二 志第二十五 律曆五 Volume 72 Treatises 25: Measures and Calendar 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 9
- 卷七十七 志第三十 律曆十 Volume 77 Treatises 30: Measures and Calendar 10 History of Song 宋史 — count: 9
- 卷17 志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 8
Collocations
- 进退在 (進退在) 進退在大夫也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 6
- 进退可 (進退可) 進退可度 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
- 进退左右 (進退左右) 進退左右無所失擊危 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷二十一 要略 Chapter 21: Summary — count: 3
- 进退贵贱 (進退貴賤) 進退貴賤則舉傭士 — Xunzi 荀子, 王制篇第九 Chapter 9: Royal Regulations — count: 3
- 进退容止 (進退容止) 進退容止 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《儒林列傳》 Biographies of Confucian Scholars — count: 2
- 进退俯仰 (進退俯仰) 進退俯仰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 2
- 令进退 (令進退) 以此與令進退 — Guanzi 管子, 山權數第七十五 Chapter 75: Methods for Administering Mountain Areas — count: 2
- 进退诛 (進退誅) 然後進退誅賞之 — Xunzi 荀子, 致士篇第十四 Chapter 14: Recruiting Men of Worth — count: 2
- 阵进退 (陣進退) 為八陣進退 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第五 禮儀中 立夏 請雨 拜皇太子 拜王公 桃印 黃郊 立秋 貙劉 案戶 祠星 立冬 冬至 臘 大儺 土牛 遣衛士 朝會 Volume 95: Etiquette Part Two — count: 2
- 进退周旋 (進退周旋) 進退周旋慎齊 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《內則》 The Pattern of the Family — count: 2