to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi) / many translations are possible
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no room to advance or to retreat (idiom) / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
to have no alternative (idiom)
free to come and go (idiom) / to have room to maneuver
progress seems like regress (the Book of Dao 道德經|道德经[], Chpt. 41)
(of an app) to crash
to dismiss from a post
to demote / to dismiss
Veterans' Day
Retreat and Reflection Garden in Tongli, Jiangsu, one of the Classical Gardens of Suzhou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
assumed name of Sun Zhu 孫誅|孙诛[] (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首[]
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