A dilemma(qù zhù liǎng nán)

A dilemma

In Chinese, the Pinyin is Q ù zh ù Li ǎ NGN á n, which means it's not good to go or stay. It's from the eighteen pictures of Hu Jia.

The origin of Idioms

Han Caiyan's "Hu Jia's 18 Pais" says, "go and live in two places, who has a Chen." The book is the biography of Lienv in the later Han Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: a dilemma

Idiom usage

It is difficult to decide whether to stay or not. (Chapter 29 of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty)

Idioms and allusions

Cai Yan, named Wenji, is the daughter of Cai Yong, a famous writer and musician in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Influenced by her father, she has been fond of music since childhood. During the reign of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty, all the heroes rose together and the world was in chaos. The military power of Xiongnu in the North rose rapidly. Relying on the outstanding advantage of cavalry, they often invaded the Central Plains, causing the people to flee and be displaced. Cai Wenji was lost with her family in a war and was abducted by Xiongnu on the way. Zuo Xian king of Xiongnu loved Cai Wenji very much. He respected and treated her kindly. So Cai Wenji married Zuo Xian king and had two children. As time flies and time flies, Cai Wenji has lived in Xiongnu for 20 years. Her two children are smart. She and Zuo Xian are very affectionate and respectful. Life in the palace is very happy and sweet. But whenever she thinks about it alone in a quiet night, she can't help missing her hometown. Cai Yong was a good friend of Cao Cao, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty. Because Cao Cao was good at ruling the country, conquering the Central Plains, and conquering the great powers, he took the emperor to order the princes, and the situation of the country changed from chaos to rule. Guochang Xingwen. At this time, Cao Cao thought that since his good friend Cai Yong died, his career had not been inherited, his work "Han Shu" had not been completed, and no one had collected it. Cao Cao thought that if he wanted to complete Cai Yong's unfinished career, he would have to redeem Cai Wenji from Xiongnu. So Prime Minister Cao sent a special envoy, holding Cao Cao's personal letter to King Zuo Xian, to clarify that Cai Wenji's return to the Han Dynasty was a great event of rejuvenating the country and attaching importance to culture, not a small matter of children's relatives and friends. And take the valuable gold Bi as the ransom. Zuo Xian Wang is a man of profound sense. Now Prime Minister Cao supports millions of soldiers and thousands of generals. Xiongnu is not an opponent in military affairs. Even if Prime Minister Cao wants Cai Wenji to return to Han Dynasty by means of military demonstration, Zuo Xian Wang has to give up his love. What's more, Prime Minister Cao did this for the sake of state affairs, and redeemed him with a large sum of money. For the sake of the eternal friendship between the two countries, King Zuo Xian agreed with Prime Minister Cao's request that Cai Wenji return to the Han Dynasty. When Cai Wenji was about to leave Xiongnu, who had lived here for 12 years, and return to the Han Dynasty with Han envoys, she was in a very contradictory and painful mood. On the one hand, being able to go back to her hometown, which she had been away from for 12 years, was something she longed for day and night. On the other hand, she was reluctant to give up her husband Zuo Xianwang, who loved her so much, and to give up her two innocent, lively and lovely children. What a dilemma! It's hard to leave! It's hard to live on! After returning to the Han Dynasty, Cai Wenji was moved by Cao Cheng's love and admiration for talents. She gave up her personal joys and sorrows, continued the career of her father Cai Yong, and completed the arduous work of the book of continued Han Dynasty. Cai Wenji's five character poem of grief and indignation is a long narrative poem with strong Lyric atmosphere, which describes her rough experience for half of her life. In another famous work Hu Jia 18 Pai, she focuses on her life experience in Xiongnu. Among them, the twelfth song describes her mood when she left Xiongnu and came back. The lyrics say: "there are two beats in ten, both sorrow and happiness, and a dilemma between going and living." It reveals her noble feelings of "worrying about the world, enjoying the world" and focusing on state affairs. This is the story of the idiom "go and live in a dilemma". The first emotion it gives people is helplessness, which is very sad.

Chinese PinYin : qù zhù liǎng nán