zuǒ​zhī​yòu​wú

to be hard-pressed

  1. zuǒ adjectivenoun
    left
    left; the left side; toward the left; to the left of
  2. zhī verbnoun
    to prop up
    to erect; to set up; to hold up with a physical support; to support a physical structure
  3. yòu nounadjective
    right
    the right side; the direction or position to the right
  4. (archaic) reading used in the compound 吾吾 yú​yú, describing a hesitant or stuttering manner of speech