Tā / wǎn / nián / jiā / jìng / qióng / cù / què / shǐ / zhōng / méi / yǒu / xiàng / péng / you / kāi / kǒu / qiú / zhù

他晚年家境穷蹙，却始终没有向朋友开口求助。

He was hard-up in his later years, yet he never asked his friends for help.