两姑之间难为妇兩姑之間難為婦兩姑之間難為婦

between two 'gu' it is hard to be the wife

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Being caught between two powers or parties is a hard place to be. It originally referred to a wife stuck between her mother-in-law and sister-in-law. Close to 'caught between a rock and a hard place'.

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Simplified: 两姑之间难为妇
Traditional (Taiwan): 兩姑之間難為婦
Pinyin: liǎng gū zhījiān nán wei fù
Bopomofo: ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄍㄨㄓㄐㄧㄢㄋㄢˊ ˙ㄨㄟㄈㄨˋ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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