diào​tǒng​luò​zài​jǐng​lǐ

to be stuck in a predicament

  1. well bucket
    A bucket with a rope or bamboo pole attached to the handle, used for drawing water from a well or river.
  2. luò verbparticle
    to fall
    to fall; to drop; to go down; (of the sun or moon) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to decline; to sink
  3. zài preposition
    [location/time]
    Used as a linker to introduce the time, place, or situation of an action, meaning "at", "in", or "on".
  4. well
    deep hole dug in the ground to obtain water, oil, or gas; also describes things shaped like a well shaft such as a skylight or mine shaft
  5. li locative
    in
    suffix used after nouns or time words to indicate location, time, or scope