zhōng nián / shī yè / hòu / tā / yī dù / qióng kùn liáo dǎo / kào / péng yǒu / jiē jì / dù rì中年失业后,他一度穷困潦倒,靠朋友接济度日。After losing his job in middle age, he was once destitute and lived on friends' charity.