前不着村，后不着店
前不着村，后不着店
qián bù zháo cūn , hòu bù zháo diàn
lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom); fig. to be stranded in the middle of nowhere; to be in a predicament
idiomverb
Traditional: 前不著村，後不著店
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- (idiom, verb) lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom)
- fig. to be stranded in the middle of nowhere
- to be in a predicament
Example Sentences
Example sentences coming soon.
Related Words
三家村(Sān jiā cūn)— lit. village of three households
→中兴新村(Zhōng xīng Xīn cūn)— Chung-hsing New Village, model town in Nantou County, west-central Taiwan, administrative seat of the Taiwan Provincial Government
→串乡(chuàn xiāng)— to go from village to village (like an itinerant artist)
→入乡随俗(rù xiāng suí sú)— When you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do
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