"predicament" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
陷入 xiàn rù to sink into / to get caught up in / to land in (a predicament) syn
出头 出頭 chū tóu to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than syn
窘迫 jiǒng pò poverty-stricken / very poor / hard-pressed / in a predicament / embarrassed syn
生路 shēng lù a way to make a living / a way to survive / a way out of a predicament syn
绝处逢生 絕處逢生 jué chǔ féng shēng to come back from death's door (idiom) / unexpected rescue from danger / fig. to recover from a seemingly impossible situation / to find a way out of a predicament syn
急难 急難 jí nàn misfortune / crisis / grave danger / critical situation / disaster / emergency / to be zealous in helping others out of a predicament syn
泥淖 ní nào mud / muddy swamp / sump / fig. a sticky predicament
前不着村,后不着店 前不著村,後不著店 qián bù zháo cūn , hòu bù zháo diàn lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom) / fig. to be stranded in the middle of nowhere / to be in a predicament
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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