涸辙之鲋 hé zhé zhī fù

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. a fish in a dried out rut (idiom)
  2. fig. a person in dire straits

CHARACTERS

涸 hé dried up; exhausted, tired; dry
辙 zhé
HSK 6
wagon ruts, wheel tracks
之 zhī
HSK 4
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
鲋 fù carp, Carassius auratus