to struggle to cope (with a situation); to be at one's wits' end
trad. 窮於應付
Also written 窮於應付【qióng yú yìng fù】
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4穷
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poor, destitute, to use up, to exhaust, thoroughly, extremely, (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
- Pinyin
- qióng
- Traditional
- 窮
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 9199 of 2500
于
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surname Yu
- Pinyin
- Yú
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 631 of 2500
应
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surname Ying, Taiwan pr. [Ying4]
- Pinyin
- Yīng
- Traditional
- 應
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 3907 of 2500
付
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surname Fu
- Pinyin
- Fù
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 2328 of 2500