chī jǐn
in short supply
dire
tense
critical
hard-pressed
important
dào xuán zhī kǔ
lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
dire straits
dào xuán zhī jí
lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
dire straits
dào xuán zhī wēi
lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
dire straits
luò pò
down and out
in dire straits
unrestrained
unconventional
also pr. [luo4 tuo4]
luò nàn
to meet with misfortune
to fall into dire straits
luò tuò
down and out
in dire straits
unrestrained
unconventional
dào xuán
lit. to hang upside down
fig. in dire straits
luò bó
down and out
in dire straits
unrestrained
unconventional
qióng chóu liáo dǎo
destitute and troubled
in dire straits
qióng cù
hard-up
in dire straits
desperate
jiě mín dào xuán
lit. to rescue the people from hanging upside down (idiom, from Mencius); to save the people from dire straits
luò tuō
down and out
in dire straits
unrestrained
unconventional
sān xún jiǔ shí
lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation
in dire straits
hé zhé zhī fù
lit. a fish in a dried out rut (idiom)
fig. a person in dire straits
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