左支右絀 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 左支右绌 zuǒzhīyòuchù ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄓ ㄧㄡˋ ㄔㄨˋ to be in straitened circumstances Character by character 左(zuǒ)surname Zuo 支(zhī)surname Zhi 右(yòu)right 絀(chù)crimson silk A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0