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A dilemma, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ì NTU ì w é Ig ǔ, which means that whether it's advance or retreat, it's in a dilemma. Describe a difficult situation, a dilemma. From the book of songs Daya sangrou.

Analysis of Idioms

The dilemma of antonym

The origin of Idioms

"The book of songs · Daya · sangrou:" people also have words: dilemma. "

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; as predicate, object, attribute; describe dilemma. example the wife and the mother are at odds, and the husband is caught in the middle of them, in a dilemma and in great pain. He was driven to the cliff by the enemy and was in a dilemma. Guo Moruo: in my own thoughts, I am also feeling a dilemma. Strange stories from a lonely studio Wang Cheng Pu Songling: I can't see my grandmother when I read about myself. I walk inside and outside, and I'm in a dilemma. Shen Shixi: at the beginning, the Impala found themselves in a dilemma. They were in a panic and ran about. Strange stories from a lonely studio. Mrs. Liu Pu Songling: when we are in a dilemma, it's time to meet a young master. It's better not to count!

Idioms and allusions

original text

New sayings of the world (translated by Liu Yiqing): Yin Zhongkan's father is sick and palpitating. He hears ants move under the bed, which is called Niu Dou. Xiaowu didn't know it was the Duke of Yin. He asked Zhongkan: was there a Yin who was so sick? Zhong Kan burst into tears and said, "I'm in a dilemma."

translation

Yin Zhongkan's father is sick, weak, weak heartbeat, heard the activity of ants under the bed, think it is the cow in the fight. Emperor Xiaowu of Jin didn't know it was Yin Zhongkan's father, so he asked Yin Zhongkan, "there is a man surnamed Yin. His condition is like this, isn't it?" Yin Zhongkan stood up in tears and said, "I don't know what to say."