左支右絀

to be in straitened circumstances

surname Zuo

left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of 佐[zuo3]

surname Zhi

to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions

right (-hand) / the Right (politics) / west (old)

(bound form) right; right-hand side / (bound form) (politics) right of center / (bound form) (old) west / (literary) the right side as the side of precedence

crimson silk / deficiency / to stitch