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涸辙之鲋

hé zhé zhī fù

4-character word Traditional 涸轍之鮒

What 涸辙之鲋 means

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

The characters in 涸辙之鲋

• 涸héto dry; to dry up
• 辙zhérut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. chè); (colloquial) the direction of traffic…
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 鲋fùsilver carp