窘迫

Traditional form:

窘迫

Pinyin (reading):

jiǒngpò

Definitions:

• poverty-stricken
• very poor
• hard-pressed
• in a predicament
• embarrassed

Characters:

• 窘 - distressed; embarrassed; hard-pressed
• 迫 - to compel, to force; pressing, urgent

Traditional characters:

• 窘 - distressed; embarrassed; hard-pressed
• 迫 - to compel, to force; pressing, urgent