陷入困境，举步维艰，资金紧张

1. being in dire distress, being hard put to it, being hard pressed (for money)

intransitive verb noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru noun (common) (futsuumeishi) yojijukugo

四苦八苦（生、老、病、死、离亲、逢憎、不遂愿、五蕴苦）

2. the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) yojijukugo Buddhism