zhān
邅
hesitate; linger; difficult to advance
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to hesitate; to linger; to be difficult to move forward
literaryAlmost exclusively used in the compound 迍邅 (zhūn zhān), describing difficulty in advancing, hesitation, or winding progress. Archaic and literary register.
Lù路
màn漫
màn漫
qí其
xiū修
yuǎn远
xī兮
，
wú吾
jiāng将
shàng上
xià下
ér而
qiú求
suǒ索
。
Zhūn迍
zhān邅
ér而
bù不
qián前
xī兮
，
xīn心
yóu犹
yù豫
ér而
hú狐
yí疑
。
The road is long and far; I will search high and low. Hesitating and unable to advance, my heart wavers and doubts.
Shì仕
tú途
zhūn迍
zhān邅
，
lǚ屡
zāo遭
cuò挫
zhé折
。
His official career was fraught with difficulties and repeated setbacks.
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Jūn军
duì队
zài在
shān山
dào道
jiān间
zhān邅
huí回
ér而
xíng行
。
The army wound its way through the mountain paths.