左右兩難 zuǒ yòu liǎng nán

DEFINITIONS

  1. dilemma
  2. quandary
  3. Scylla and Charybdis
  4. between the devil and the deep blue sea (idiom)

CHARACTERS

左 zuǒ left; east; unorthodox, improper
右 yòu right; west; right-wing
兩 liǎng two, both, pair, couple; ounce
難 nán difficult, arduous, hard; unable