created sense approved 坐蜡/坐蠟 · zuòlà · to be cornered — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
坐蜡 / 坐蠟
zuòlà
to be cornered
(colloquial) to be put in a difficult or embarrassing situation; to be in a bind
坐, 蜡
坐 (literal) → 坐 · zuò · to sit 蜡 (literal) → 蜡/蠟 · là · wax
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition