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Chinese
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travel; walk
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front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward |
prostrate
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back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later |
| trad. (跋前疐後)
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跋
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前
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疐
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後
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| simp. (跋前疐后)
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跋
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前
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疐
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后
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| alternative forms
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跋前躓後／跋前踬后
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Etymology
Originally from the Classic of Poetry (《詩》), 《豳風·狼跋》:
Han Yu wrote in the 9th century:
然而公不見信於人，私不見助於友，跋前疐後，動輒得咎。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
然而公不见信于人，私不见助于友，跋前疐后，动辄得咎。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: c. 813, Han Yu, "On Encouraging Scholarship" (《進學解》)
- Rán'ér gōng bù jiàn xìn yú rén, sī bù jiàn zhù yú yǒu, báqiánzhìhòu, dòngzhé dé jiù.
- Yet you, in public affairs, fail to gain the trust of others. In private, none of your friends are willing to help you. You go forward and step on your dewlap, and step back only to trip on your tail. As soon as you move at all, you incur fault upon yourself.
Pronunciation
Idiom
跋前疐後
- to encounter obstacles ahead and behind; to be beset with difficulties; to be surrounded by problems
他正處於跋前疐後的尷尬局面。 [MSC, trad.]
他正处于跋前疐后的尴尬局面。 [MSC, simp.]- Tā zhèng chǔyú báqiánzhìhòu de gāngà júmiàn.
- He is in a difficult dilemma.