Used to describe someone in extreme distress or a desperate situation, like a fish out of water in a dried fish shop; often appears in the phrase [[索我于枯鱼之肆|索我於枯魚之肆|suo3 wo3 yu2 ku1 yu2 zhi1 si4]]

to search for someone in a place where they have already perished; often used to describe a situation where help arrives too late to be of any use