| 趑 |
zī jū bù qián | hesitant and not daring to move forward (idiom) |
| 趑 |
zī | to falter / unable to move |
| 趑 |
zī jū | to advance with difficulty / to hesitate to advance |
| 趄 |
jū | used in 趑趄 |
| 趄 |
qiè | to slant; to incline |
| 不 |
bù | no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 前 |
qián | front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly |