羊觸藩籬

羊触藩篱
yángchùfānlí
  1. lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經); impossible to advance or to retreat
  2. without any way out of a dilemma
  3. trapped
  4. in an impossible situation

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 羊 yáng sheep; goat

classifiers: 頭, 隻
2 觸 chù
  1. to touch
  2. to make contact with sth
  3. to stir up sb's emotions
3 藩籬 fānlí
  1. hedge
  2. fence
  3. (fig.) barrier

Related entries

羝羊觸藩 dīyángchùfān
  1. lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經); impossible to advance or to retreat
  2. without any way out of a dilemma
  3. trapped
  4. in an impossible situation
受困 shòukùn
  1. trapped
  2. stranded
許多勞動者受困在煤礦場中。

Many workers were trapped in the coal mine.

Source: Tatoeba

進退兩難 jìntuìliǎngnán
  1. no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
  2. trapped
  3. in an impossible situation
進退為難 jìntuìwéinán
  1. no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
  2. trapped
  3. in an impossible situation
進退維谷 jìntuìwéigǔ
  1. no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
  2. trapped
  3. in an impossible situation