抱 薪 救 火 bào xīn jiù huǒ : carry faggots to put out a fire - adopt a wrong method to save a situation and end up by making it worse

悲 歡 離 合 bēi huān lí hé : joys and sorrows; partings and reunions - vicissitudes of life

彼 一 時 /此 一 時 bǐ yī shí cǐ yī shí : that was one situation; and this is another - times have changed

變 遷 biàn qiān : changes; vicissitudes

病 急 亂 投 醫 bìng jí luàn tóu yī : turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill - try anything when in a desperate situation

不 可 終 日 bù kě zhōng rì : be unable to carry on even for a single day; be in a desperate situation

不 摸 頭 bù mō tóu : not acquainted with the situation; not up on things

場 合 chǎng hé : situation; occasion

出 路 chū lù : a way out (of a difficult situation, etc)

大 局 dà jú : general situation; present conditions

對 策 duì cè : countermeasure for dealing with a situation

尬 gà : in an embarrassing situation

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驚 濤 駭 浪 jīng tāo hài làng : perilous situation

局 jú : (a measure word used for games) set or round office; situation; office

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局 面 jú miàn : aspect; phase; situation

局 勢 jú shì : situation; state (of affairs)

況 [况] kuàng : moreover; situation

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扭 轉 niǔ zhuǎn : reverse; turn around (an undesirable situation)

氣 候 qì hòu : climate; atmosphere; situation

情 qíng : feeling; emotion; passion; situation

Big5: , Unicode: 60c5 (情),
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情 況 qíng kuàng : circumstances; state of affairs; situation

情 形 qíng xing : circumstances; situation

事 態 shì tài : situation; existing state of affairs

手 裡 shǒu lǐ : (a situation is) in (someone's) hands

危 急 wēi jí : critical; desperate (situation)

危 局 wēi jú : perilous situation

位 於 wèi yú : be situated (in, at)

現 實 情 況 xiàn shí qíng kuàng : current state; current situation

陷 於 xiàn yú : caught in (a bad situation); fall into (a trap, etc.)

現 狀 xiàn zhuàng : current situation

形 式 xíng shì : form; shape; situation; circumstance

形 勢 xíng shì : circumstances; situation; terrain

疫 情 yì qíng : epidemic situation

真 情 zhēn qíng : real situation; the truth

整 體 zhěng tǐ : overall; as a whole; whole (thing, situation); entirety; integrated

政 局 zhèng jú : political situation

狀 況 zhuàng kuàng : condition; state; situation

自 拔 zì bá : free oneself; extricate oneself from a difficult situation