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左支右绌
zuǒ zhī yòu chù
What 左支右绌 means
- to be in straitened circumstances
The characters in 左支右绌
- 左zuǒleft; the Left (politics); east
- 支zhīto support; to sustain; to erect
- 右yòu(bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center…
- 绌chùcrimson silk; deficiency; to stitch
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