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difficult / challenging / straitened circumstances / difficult situation
HSK 3
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  *困* | 困* | *困
to trap / to surround / hard-pressed / stranded / destitute
HSK 3
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  *困* | 困* | *困
sleepy / tired
HSK 3
to perplex / to disturb / to cause complications
HSK 5
impoverished / poverty
HSK 6
bewildered / perplexed / confused / difficult problem / perplexity
HSK 7-9
a cornered beast will still fight (idiom) / to fight like an animal at bay
tired / weary
dyslexia
predicament; plight
HSK 7-9
dilemma / predicament / difficult situation
deprivation / distressed / miserable
to help those in distress (idiom)
beset with difficulties
to feel perplexed
the problem is...
to help those in distress (idiom)
internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad
riders tired and horses weary (idiom) / worn out / exhausted / spent / fatigued
destitute / wretched poverty
fatigued / exhausted / poverty-stricken / in straitened circumstances
(dialect) to sleep
not a slave to the bottle / able to enjoy alcohol in moderation / able to hold one's drink
(literary) tired / fatigued / (economics) weak / sluggish
to stand a siege / trapped in a besieged city
dysphagia (medicine)
to get sleepy
poor region / impoverished area
to help people in difficulty and bring relief to the needy (idiom)
to be faced with problems
(idiom) to live in poverty and despair; down and out; destitute and without hope
to help the poor / almsgiving for the needy / to assist poor households or poor regions
to besiege
dysphagia (medicine)
grave situation
sleepiness; drowsiness
poverty rate
economic difficulty
in deep water / difficult situation
trapped / stranded
spring fatigue / spring fever
to provide financial relief / to bail out (financially) / financial relief / bailout
ethical dilemma
disaster relief
(coll.) to get sleepy
embarrassment
to be trapped; to be stranded


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