Awkward

adj. embarrassing; clumsy; inconvenient

Adjective
1. causing inconvenience; "they arrived at an awkward time"
(similar) inconvenient
2. lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance; "an awkward dancer"; "an awkward gesture"; "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"; "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot"
(antonym) graceful
(similar) gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy
(see-also) maladroit
3. difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"
(synonym) bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly
(similar) unwieldy, unmanageable
4. not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"
(synonym) clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen
(similar) infelicitous
5. hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign"
(synonym) embarrassing, sticky, unenviable
(similar) difficult, hard
6. not at ease socially; unsure and constrained in manner; "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"; "was always uneasy with strangers"
(synonym) ill at ease(p), uneasy
(similar) uncomfortable

(a.)
Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an awkward boy.
  

(a.)
Perverse; adverse; untoward.
  

(a.)
Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.
  

adjective
difficult to reach or to find or to deal with; the tumour is in a very awkward position for surgery

lang2 bei4 bu4 kan1
A difficult situation than cannot be endured.
To be extremely miserable and wretched, in a sorrow plight, awkward position and/or sore straits. The expression 狼狈 can be used in many contexts.