zhè / jiā / gōng sī / céng / yīn / zī jīn liàn / duàn liè / hé / shì chǎng / wěi suō / ér / nèi wài jiāo kùn这家公司曾因资金链断裂和市场萎缩而内外交困。The company was once in dire straits because of a broken funding chain and a shrinking market.