- 索 verbnounto searchto search for; to look for; to explore or seek out a solution or answer
- 我 pronounII; me; myself
- 于 於 prepositioninIndicates a location, scope, or time; equivalent to 在
- dire straitsUsed 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