趑趄不前 — Chinese idiom
趑趄不前
zī jū bù qián
Meaning
- hesitant and not daring to move forward
Character by character
- 趑zīto falter; to be unable to move
- 趄jūweak, lame
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 前qiánin front, forward; former, preceding
Idioms sharing a character
- 趑趄嗫嚅 zī jū niè rú
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn
- 一字不差 yī zì bù chà
- 一字不提 yī zì bù tí
- 一成不变 yī chéng bù biàn
- 一文不值 yī wén bù zhí
- 一毛不拔 yī máo bù bá
- 一病不起 yī bìng bù qǐ
- 一窍不通 yī qiào bù tōng
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