困窘

wǒ guó gǔ dài de hěn duō wén rén dōu shì zài jí dù kùn jiǒng de qíng kuàng xià xiě chū le zhù míng de wén zhāng

我国古代的很多文人，都是在极度困窘的情况下写出了著名的文章。

Many scholars in ancient China wrote famous articles in extreme embarrassment.

huǎn jiě mǒu rén de kùn jiǒng

缓解某人的困窘

ease somebody's embarassment

chǔ jìng kùn jiǒng de rén

处境困窘的人

a man straitened in his circumstances

zhè shǐ tā yǒu diǎn kùn jiǒng

这使她有点困窘。

This embarassed her somewhat.