躊躇不前

Chinese

		to walk back and forth; to hesitate; to pause	not; no	front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward
trad. (躊躇不前)		躊躇	不	前
simp. (踌躇不前)		踌躇	不	前

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chóuchúbùqián

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˊ ㄔㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chóuchúbùqián
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˊ ㄔㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chóuchúbùcián
  - Wade–Giles: chʻou²-chʻu²-pu⁴-chʻien²
  - Yale: chóu-chú-bù-chyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chourchwubuchyan
  - Palladius: чоучубуцянь (čoučubucjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

Idiom

躊躇不前

to be hesitant or indecisive; to waver; to shilly-shally

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