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羊触藩篱

yáng chù fān lí

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经); impossible to advance or to retreat
  2. 2. without any way out of a dilemma
  3. 3. trapped
  4. 4. in an impossible situation