"In dire straits" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 落魄 | luò pò | down and out / in dire straits / unrestrained / unconventional / also pr. [luo4 tuo4] |  |
| 落拓 | luò tuò | down and out / in dire straits / unrestrained / unconventional |  |
| 三旬九食 | 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 | |
| 穷愁潦倒 | qióng chóu liáo dǎo | destitute and troubled / in dire straits | |
| 落托 | luò tuō | down and out / in dire straits / unrestrained / unconventional | |
| 落泊 | luò bó | down and out / in dire straits / unrestrained / unconventional | |
| 穷蹙 | qióng cù | hard-up / in dire straits / desperate | |
