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窘迫

jiǒng pò

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

窘迫 (jiǒng pò) means "poverty-stricken; very poor; hard-pressed". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 窘迫 means

1. poverty-stricken
2. very poor
3. hard-pressed
4. in a predicament
5. embarrassed

The characters in 窘迫

• 窘jiǒngdistressed; embarrassed
• 迫pòto force; to compel; to approach or go towards

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