穷蹙

Traditional form:

窮蹙

Pinyin (reading):

qióngcù

Definitions:

• hard-up
• in dire straits
• desperate

Characters:

• 穷 - poor, destitute; to exhaust
• 蹙 - to frown, to knit the brows; distressed

Traditional characters:

• 窮 - poor, destitute; to exhaust
• 蹙 - to frown, to knit the brows; distressed