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Open the tool →辙鲋之急 (zhé fù zhī jí) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a dire and desperate situation”.
辙鲋之急 is pronounced zhé fù zhī jí in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 辙鲋之急 means “the urgency of a fish in a dry rut”. It is used to mean “a dire and desperate situation”.
辙鲋:陷在干涸车辙中的鲫鱼。比喻因厄迫身