In a dilemma

In a dilemma

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ì NTU ì L á NGB è I, which means in a dilemma. It comes from the annals of the Three Kingdoms, the annals of Shu and the biography of Ma Chao.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Ma Chao in the annals of the Three Kingdoms, Shu annals: "Fu Xu starts from Lu city and cannot go down beyond attack; Kuan Qu closes the gate of Ji City and cannot enter beyond attack. In a dilemma, he went to Hanzhong for Zhang Lu. "

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: advance and retreat wolf postscript [antonym]: plain sailing

Idiom usage

As a predicate or attributive; used of a person's situation. Example: if Mu Huang is not even and Kang Ning comes back, he is in a dilemma and is bound to be in great danger. The book of Jin