created sense approved 拮据 · jiéjū · to toil — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
拮据
jiéjū
to toil
(literary) to labor hard; to be busy working with one's hands
拮 (literal) → 拮 · jié · (bound form) hard at work 据 (literal) → 据/據 · jū · [straitened]
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 拮据/拮據 · jiéjū · short of money — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
拮据 / 拮據
jiéjū
short of money
short of money; hard up; in straitened circumstances
拮据
拮 (literal) → 拮 · jié · (bound form) short of money 据 (literal) → 据/據 · jū · [straitened]
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition