涸辙之鲋

lit. a fish in a dried out rut (idiom) / fig. a person in dire straits

lit. a fish in a dried-out rut (idiom) / fig. a person in dire straits

to dry / to dry up

to remove / to withdraw

rut / track / rhyme / (dialect) way / method

rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]) / (coll.) the direction of traffic / a rhyme (of a song, poem etc) / (dialect) (usu. after 有[you3] or 沒|没[mei2]) way; idea

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

silver carp