"左右為難" meaning in 漢語

See 左右為難 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ nän³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɔː³⁵ jɐu̯²² wɐi̯²¹ naːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA], /t͡so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i̯u²²⁻²¹ u̯i²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /t͡so⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ i̯u⁴¹⁻²² u̯i²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /t͡so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i̯u²²⁻²¹ u̯i¹³⁻²² lan¹³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /t͡so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i̯u³³⁻¹¹ u̯i²⁴⁻¹¹ lan²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taibei], /t͡sɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ i̯u³³⁻²¹ u̯i²³⁻³³ lan²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung] Forms: 左右爲難 [Standard-Chinese, Traditional-Chinese], 左右为难 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 處境難堪,無所適從
    Sense id: zh-左右為難-zh-phrase-vZyGZ0gP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「右」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「左」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「為」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「難」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "泉漳話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "泉漳話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "左右爲難",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "左右为难",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "處境難堪,無所適從"
      ],
      "id": "zh-左右為難-zh-phrase-vZyGZ0gP"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuǒyòuwéinán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄡˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄋㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zo² jau⁶ wai⁴ naan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chó-iū-ûi-lân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuǒyòuwéinán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄡˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄋㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuǒyòuwéinán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tso³-yu⁴-wei²-nan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzwǒ-yòu-wéi-nán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzuooyowweinan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czojuvɛjnanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзоювэйнань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ nän³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zo² jau⁶ wai⁴ naan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jó yauh wàih nàahn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzo² jau⁶ wai⁴ naan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zo² yeo⁶ wei⁴ nan⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔː³⁵ jɐu̯²² wɐi̯²¹ naːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chó-iū-ûi-lân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsó-iū-uî-lân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zoyiuxuilaan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i̯u²²⁻²¹ u̯i²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡so⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ i̯u⁴¹⁻²² u̯i²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i̯u²²⁻²¹ u̯i¹³⁻²² lan¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i̯u³³⁻¹¹ u̯i²⁴⁻¹¹ lan²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taibei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ i̯u³³⁻²¹ u̯i²³⁻³³ lan²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "左右為難"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「右」的漢語詞",
    "帶「左」的漢語詞",
    "帶「為」的漢語詞",
    "帶「難」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "泉漳話成語",
    "泉漳話詞元",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "左右爲難",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "左右为难",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "處境難堪,無所適從"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuǒyòuwéinán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄡˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄋㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zo² jau⁶ wai⁴ naan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chó-iū-ûi-lân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuǒyòuwéinán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄡˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄋㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuǒyòuwéinán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tso³-yu⁴-wei²-nan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzwǒ-yòu-wéi-nán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzuooyowweinan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czojuvɛjnanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзоювэйнань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ nän³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zo² jau⁶ wai⁴ naan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jó yauh wàih nàahn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzo² jau⁶ wai⁴ naan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zo² yeo⁶ wei⁴ nan⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔː³⁵ jɐu̯²² wɐi̯²¹ naːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chó-iū-ûi-lân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsó-iū-uî-lân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zoyiuxuilaan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i̯u²²⁻²¹ u̯i²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡so⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ i̯u⁴¹⁻²² u̯i²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i̯u²²⁻²¹ u̯i¹³⁻²² lan¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i̯u³³⁻¹¹ u̯i²⁴⁻¹¹ lan²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taibei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ i̯u³³⁻²¹ u̯i²³⁻³³ lan²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "左右為難"
}

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