"Predicament" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 困境 | kùn jìng | predicament / plight |   |
| 逆境 | nì jìng | adversity / predicament | |
| 窘境 | jiǒng jìng | awkward situation / predicament | |
| 困局 | kùn jú | dilemma / predicament / difficult situation | |
| 窘况 | jiǒng kuàng | predicament | |
| 出头 | chū tóu | to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than | |
| 窘迫 | jiǒng pò | poverty-stricken / very poor / hard-pressed / in a predicament / embarrassed | |
| 生路 | shēng lù | a way to make a living / a way to survive / a way out of a predicament | |
| 绝处逢生 | jué chǔ féng shēng | to come back from death's door (idiom) / unexpected rescue from danger / fig. to recover from a seemingly impossible situation / to find a way out of a predicament | |
| 急难 | jí nàn | misfortune / crisis / grave danger / critical situation / disaster / emergency / to be zealous in helping others out of a predicament | |
| 泥淖 | ní nào | mud / muddy swamp / sump / fig. a sticky predicament | |
| 前不着村，后不着店 | qián bù zháo cūn , hòu bù zháo diàn | lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom) / fig. to be stranded in the middle of nowhere / to be in a predicament | |
