左支右绌
zuǒ zhī yòu chù
Pinyin

Definition

左支右绌
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zuǒ zhī yòu chù
  1. to be in straitened circumstances

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

左
Zuǒ
  1. 1 surname Zuo
左右
zuǒ yòu
  1. 1 left and right
  2. 2 nearby
  3. 3 approximately
  4. 4 attendant
  5. 5 to control
  6. 6 to influence
支持
zhī chí
  1. 1 to be in favor of
  2. 2 to support
  3. 3 to back
  4. 4 support
  5. 5 backing
  6. 6 to stand by
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]
右
yòu
  1. 1 right (-hand)
  2. 2 the Right (politics)
  3. 3 west (old)
右手
yòu shǒu
  1. 1 right hand
  2. 2 right-hand side
右边
yòu bian
  1. 1 right side
  2. 2 right, to the right
左手
zuǒ shǒu
  1. 1 left hand
  2. 2 left-hand side
左边
zuǒ bian
  1. 1 left
  2. 2 the left side
  3. 3 to the left of
支
Zhī
  1. 1 surname Zhi
支付
zhī fù
  1. 1 to pay (money)
支出
zhī chū
  1. 1 to spend
  2. 2 to pay out
  3. 3 expense
支援
zhī yuán
  1. 1 to provide assistance
  2. 2 to support
  3. 3 to back
支撑
zhī chēng
  1. 1 to prop up
  2. 2 to support
  3. 3 strut
  4. 4 brace
支柱
zhī zhù
  1. 1 mainstay
  2. 2 pillar
  3. 3 prop
  4. 4 backbone
支行
zhī háng
  1. 1 subbranch of a bank
支配
zhī pèi
  1. 1 to control
  2. 2 to dominate
  3. 3 to allocate
透支
tòu zhī
  1. 1 (bank) overdraft
不支
bù zhī
  1. 1 to be unable to endure
俾路支省
Bǐ lù zhī shěng
  1. 1 Balochistan (Pakistan)
借支
jiè zhī
  1. 1 to get an advance on one's pay

Idioms (15)

一木难支
yī mù nán zhī
  1. 1 lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is helpless alone
不为左右袒
bù wèi zuǒ yòu tǎn
  1. 1 to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)
宁左勿右
nìng zuǒ wù yòu
  1. 1 (of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)
左券在握
zuǒ quàn zài wò
  1. 1 to be assured of success (idiom)
左右两难
zuǒ yòu liǎng nán
  1. 1 dilemma
  2. 2 quandary
  3. 3 Scylla and Charybdis
  4. 4 between the devil and the deep blue sea (idiom)
左右逢源
zuǒ yòu féng yuán
  1. 1 lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to turn everything into gold
  3. 3 to have everything going one's way
  4. 4 to benefit from both sides
左右开弓
zuǒ yòu kāi gōng
  1. 1 lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to display ambidexterity
  3. 3 to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession
  4. 4 to use both feet equally (football)
左思右想
zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng
  1. 1 to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles
  2. 2 to ponder
左道惑众
zuǒ dào huò zhòng
  1. 1 to delude the masses with heretical doctrines (idiom)
左顾右盼
zuǒ gù yòu pàn
  1. 1 glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
支吾其词
zhī wú qí cí
  1. 1 (idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth
  2. 2 evasive
支离破碎
zhī lí pò suì
  1. 1 scattered and smashed (idiom)
旁门左道
páng mén zuǒ dào
  1. 1 dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion
  2. 2 dissident group
乐不可支
lè bù kě zhī
  1. 1 overjoyed (idiom); as pleased as punch
王顾左右而言他
wáng gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā
  1. 1 the king looked left and right and then talked of other things
  2. 2 to digress from the topic of discussion (idiom)

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