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左右为难

zuǒ yòu wéi nán

4-character word Traditional 左右為難

What 左右为难 means

1. idiombetween a rock and a hard place
2. in a dilemma

The characters in 左右为难

• 左zuǒleft; the Left (politics); east
• 右yòu(bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center…
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 难nándifficult (to...); problem; difficulty

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