拮据 jié jū

in financial straits; hard pressed for money

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 33218th word

Definitions

  1. 1. in financial straits
  2. 2. hard pressed for money

Characters

Character Meaning
拮 jié
laboring hard; pressed; antagonistic
据 jū HSK 3
according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on