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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 左右为难
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 左右为难 | zuǒ yòu wéi nán | - (idiom) between a rock and a hard place - in a dilemma |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 20,419 | 34,291 | 29,262 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 左 | zuǒ | - surname Zuo |
| 左 | zuǒ | - left - the Left (politics) - east - unorthodox - queer - wrong - differing - opposite - variant of 佐[zuo3] |
| 右 | yòu | - (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 |
| 为 | wéi | - as (in the capacity of) - to take sth as - to act as - to serve as - to behave as - to become - to be - to do - by (in the passive voice) |
| 为 | wèi | - because of - for - to |
| 为 | wéi | - variant of 為|为[wei2] |
| 为 | wèi | - variant of 為|为[wei4] |
| 难 | nán | - difficult (to...) - problem - difficulty - difficult - not good |
| 难 | nàn | - disaster - distress - to scold |
Other Words Containing 左右为难
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 左右为难 | - | - | 20,419 | 34,291 | 29,262 |