左右為難 Dilemma

《童心童真》漫畫小故事，是孩子能自己讀、自己笑的溫情故事。

用自己學會認讀的字，慢慢學習獨立閱讀，同時吸收各種百科常識：經典、歷史、天文、科學…… 識字和閱讀，是終身學習的工具。

從簡短的故事開始，慢慢就能養成閱讀的習慣和專注力。

爸爸和媽媽也一起來，讀一讀、笑一笑、談一談… 感受親子的樂趣，讓美好時光，永留在孩子的印象之中。

Start to read independently with these short comic stories, all written in characters that the child has learnt from Basic Chinese 500 course. The stories in this series include history, classic, language learning, science, humour, and more.

Each story comes with some background information. It would be a great opportunity for parents to engage children in related discussions.

「左右為難」這成語是指我們陷入了一個困境或尷尬，不管怎樣做都為難。

當然也可以解釋為左右兩邊，要求夾在中間的人主持公道；就像孩子爭吵時，要你來主持公道一樣。對於年幼的孩子，這種形象化又結合生活的方式就可以有助他們理解和學習這個成語。

和「左右為難」很接近的另一個成語是「進退兩難」。

含有「左」「右」的其他成語/俗語還有不少 (下面有英語翻譯)：

左右逢源 / 左右開弓/ 左鄰右里 / 左思右想 / 左閃右躲 / 左顧右盼 / 左耳入右耳出 / 男左女右

左 is left, 右 is right. 左右為難 is an idiom which means dilemma.

This idiom can also be interpreted at its face value: when someone is stuck in the middle between two conflicts coming from left and right. Parents can often be in 左右為難 situations when we are asked to play judge in children’s arguments. This interpretation can be helpful for younger children to learn the idiom as it is vivid and relatable to them.

There are quite a few idioms that contain the characters 左 and 右, such as: