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跼 days Ji to
  Explanation: 跼: bending; Ji: rear foot to front foot then small step away. Describe the anxious look, but also refers to the distress pathless way
  Usage: Joint type; as the predicate attribute; describe the anxious look
  Source: "Book of Songs Xiaoya first month": "that the days of cover high, did not dare not Board; that land to build thick, and dare not Ji."
  Examples: ~, In the absence of the capacity. (Jin Lu "Thanks Plain of Historical List"))
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  jú tiān jí dì
  【解释】跼:弯腰;蹐:前脚接后脚地小步走。天虽高,却不得不弯着腰;地虽厚,却不得不小步走。形容处境困窘,戒慎、恐惧之至。
  【出处】《诗经·小雅·正月》:“谓天盖高,不敢不局;谓地盖厚,不敢不蹐。”
  【示例】~,若无所容。 ◎晋·陆机《谢平原内史表》
  【语法】联合式;作谓语、定语;形容惶恐不安的样子
  ①《诗·小雅·正月》:“谓天盖高,不敢不局;谓地盖厚, 不敢不蹐。”陆德明释文:“局本又作跼。”后即以“跼天蹐地”形容惶惧不安貌。②指窘迫无路貌。