羝羊触藩
dī yáng chù fān
Definitions
- 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. without any way out of a dilemma
- 3. trapped
- 4. in an impossible situation
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