進退去就

しんたいきょしゅう

noun

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one's course of action, deciding what to do with oneself, whether staying in the present position or leaving it(yojijukugo)

進	advance, proceed, progress, promote
退	retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject
去	gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce
就	concerning, settle, take position, depart, study, per