涸轍之鮒

Simplified: 涸辙之鲋

hézhézhīfù ㄏㄜˊ ㄓㄜˊ ㄓ ㄈㄨˋ

    • lit. a fish in a dried-out rut (idiom)
    • fig. a person in dire straits

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