Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Hard up; in a state of financial difficulty or poverty: "quẩn bách" describes a situation of being extremely short of money, lacking financial resources, or being in a state of economic hardship and need.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Gia đình anh ấy đang rất quẩn bách. (His family is very hard up.)
  • Sau khi mất việc, tôi cảm thấy quẩn bách. (After losing my job, I felt hard up.)
  • Thời kỳ quẩn bách đã dạy tôi biết quý trọng đồng tiền. (The hard-up period taught me to value money.)

Advanced Usage

• "lâm vào cảnh quẩn bách": to fall into a state of being hard up.

  • Công ty phá sản khiến ông ấy lâm vào cảnh quẩn bách. (The company's bankruptcy caused him to fall into a state of being hard up.)

• "quẩn bách về tiền bạc": hard up for money; financially strapped.

  • Họ quẩn bách về tiền bạc nên không thể đi du lịch. (They are hard up for money, so they cannot travel.)

Variants and Related Words

• Túng quẫn (adj): destitute, in dire straits (often more severe than "quẩn bách").
• Khó khăn (adj): difficult, in difficulty (a broader term that can include financial hardship).
• Thiếu thốn (adj): lacking, in need (can refer to a lack of material things or money).

Synonyms

• Túng thiếu: lacking, in need.
• Bần cùng: impoverished, destitute (stronger, more extreme).
• Eo hẹp: tight, constrained (often used for finances).

Related Phrases

• Quẩn bách kinh tế: economic hardship.

  • Cuộc khủng hoảng dẫn đến tình trạng quẩn bách kinh tế cho nhiều người. (The crisis led to a state of economic hardship for many people.)

• Sống trong cảnh quẩn bách: to live in hard-up circumstances.

  • Họ đã phải sống trong cảnh quẩn bách nhiều năm. (They had to live in hard-up circumstances for many years.)

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