窘迫
jiǒng pò · HSK 7
poverty-stricken
💸 窘 hard-pressed + 迫 to press/force = squeezed into a tight, broke spot
窘 carries the 穴 cave/hole radical, the sense of being cornered or enclosed; 迫 means to press or force. Stacked together they double down: cornered AND pressed, i.e. hard up and in a predicament.