Taiwan Mandarin

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jié jū·ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄩ

“in financial straits; short of money; hard-pressed financially; originally, laboring strenuously”

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jié·ㄐㄧㄝˊ

Laboring hard; occupied; pressed; antagonistic.

To occupy or seize; to rely on or according to; to hold or possess; a base or position; also used in the word for financial difficulty.