lit. a fish in a dried-out rut (idiom); fig. a person in dire straits
trad. 涸轍之鮒
Also written 涸轍之鮒【hé zhé zhī fù】
Characters in this word
4涸
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to dry, to dry up
- Pinyin
- hé
- Strokes
- 11
辙
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rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]), (coll.) the direction of traffic, a rhyme (of a song, poem etc), (dialect) (usu. after 有[you3] or 沒|没[mei2]) way; idea
- Pinyin
- zhé
- Traditional
- 轍
- Strokes
- 16
之
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
鲋
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silver carp
- Pinyin
- fù
- Traditional
- 鮒
- Strokes
- 13