Metaphor for a person in dire poverty or a desperate situation, often suggesting someone once distinguished now reduced to hardship.
他一生清贫，晚年更是枯鱼病鹤，生活全靠邻里接济
He lived a life of poverty, and in his old age, he was even more like a withered fish and a sick crane, relying entirely on neighbors for help.
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Ancient
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