趑趄

zījū
  1. to advance with difficulty
  2. to hesitate to advance

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to falter; to hesitate to proceed
  2. (literary) walking with difficulty
  3. (literary, figuratively) hesitation
  4. hesitation
  5. to falter; to hesitate to proceed
  6. walking with difficulty

Wiktionary

想前進卻又不敢。

重編國語辭典

  1. 想前進而不敢
  2. 猶豫
  3. 行走困難

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 趑 zī
  1. to falter
  2. unable to move
2 趄 jū used in 趑趄 zījū

Containing this entry

趑趄不前 zījūbùqián hesitant and not daring to move forward (idiom)
趑趄囁嚅 zījūnièrú
  1. faltering steps, mumbling speech (idiom); hesitant
  2. cringing
  3. to cower