like: tiến thoái lưỡng nan
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VNEN 
tiến thoái lưỡng nan * ☊ 
to be in a dilemma * ☊
[ tiến ] : to advance, move forward, progress
[ thoái ] : to move back
[ lưỡng ] : bi-, two, dual
[ nan ] : difficult