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穷于应付

qióng yú yìng fù

4-character word Traditional 窮於應付

What 穷于应付 means

1. to struggle to cope (with a situation)
2. to be at one's wits' end

The characters in 穷于应付

• 穷qióngpoor; destitute; to use up
• 于yúto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle
• 应yīngto agree (to do sth); should; ought to
• 付fùto pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things

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