| 左右为难 |
zuǒ yòu wéi nán |
(idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma |
| 左 |
Zuǒ |
surname Zuo |
| 左 |
zuǒ |
left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of 佐 |
| 左右 |
zuǒ yòu |
left and right / nearby / approximately / attendant / to control / to influence |
| 右 |
yòu |
(bound form) right; right-hand side / (bound form) (politics) right of center / (bound form) (old) west / (literary) the right side as the side of precedence |
| 为 |
wéi |
as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice) |
| 为 |
wèi |
because of / for / to |
| 为 |
wéi |
variant of 为 |
| 为 |
wèi |
variant of 为 |
| 为难 |
wéi nán |
to feel embarrassed or awkward / to make things difficult (for someone) / to find things difficult (to do or manage) |
| 难 |
nán |
difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good |
| 难 |
nàn |
disaster / distress / to scold |