困境

yóu yú xiǎo mài qiàn shōu nóng mín men xiàn rù le kùn jìng

由于小麦歉收，农民们陷入了困境。

The farmers were reduced to straitened circumstances by the failure of the wheat crop.

wǒ men yīng gāi bāng zhù kùn jìng zhōng de péng you

我们应该帮助困境中的朋友。

We should help the friends in difficulty.

zhè jiā gōng sī yǐ xiàn rù jí dù kùn jìng zhī zhōng kě néng huì pò chǎn

这家公司已陷入极度困境之中，可能会破产。

The firm is in dire straits and may go bankrupt.

shēn xiàn kùn jìng

身陷困境

fall into a predicament

bǎi tuō kùn jìng

摆脱困境

extricate oneself from a difficult position