(idiom) between a rock and a hard place; in a dilemma
trad. 左右兩難
Also written 左右兩難【zuǒ yòu liǎng nán】
Characters in this word
4左
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surname Zuo
- Pinyin
- Zuǒ
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 2677 of 2500
右
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(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
- Pinyin
- yòu
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 2523 of 2500
两
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two, both, some, a few, tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- Pinyin
- liǎng
- Traditional
- 兩
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 1703 of 2500
难
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difficult (to...), problem, difficulty, difficult, not good
- Pinyin
- nán
- Traditional
- 難
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 1327 of 2500