Word information
Simplified羝羊触藩
Traditional羝羊觸藩
Pinyindī yáng chù fān
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Chinese word dictionary
羝羊触藩
dī yáng chù fān · lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经); impossible to advance or to retreat; without any way out of a dilemma; trapped
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