贫穷
pín qióng
Pinyin

Definition

贫穷
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pín qióng
  1. poor
  2. impoverished

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

无穷
wú qióng
  1. 1 endless
  2. 2 boundless
  3. 3 inexhaustible
穷
qióng
  1. 1 poor
  2. 2 destitute
  3. 3 to use up
  4. 4 to exhaust
  5. 5 thoroughly
  6. 6 extremely
  7. 7 (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
贫困
pín kùn
  1. 1 impoverished
  2. 2 poverty
贫穷
pín qióng
  1. 1 poor
  2. 2 impoverished
一贫如洗
yī pín rú xǐ
  1. 1 penniless
其乐无穷
qí lè wú qióng
  1. 1 boundless joy
回味无穷
huí wèi wú qióng
  1. 1 leaving a rich aftertaste
  2. 2 (fig.) memorable
  3. 3 lingering in memory
层出不穷
céng chū bù qióng
  1. 1 more and more emerge
  2. 2 innumerable succession
  3. 3 breeding like flies (idiom)
山穷水尽
shān qióng shuǐ jìn
  1. 1 mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line
  2. 2 nowhere to go
扶贫
fú pín
  1. 1 assistance to the poor
  2. 2 poverty alleviation
清贫
qīng pín
  1. 1 poor but upright
  2. 2 destitute
无穷无尽
wú qióng wú jìn
  1. 1 endless
  2. 2 boundless
  3. 3 infinite
穷人
qióng rén
  1. 1 poor people
  2. 2 the poor
穷光蛋
qióng guāng dàn
  1. 1 poor wretch
  2. 2 pauper
  3. 3 destitute man
  4. 4 poverty-stricken peasant
  5. 5 penniless good-for-nothing
  6. 6 impecunious vagabond
穷困
qióng kùn
  1. 1 destitute
  2. 2 wretched poverty
穷尽
qióng jìn
  1. 1 to use up
  2. 2 to exhaust
  3. 3 to probe to the bottom
  4. 4 limit
  5. 5 end
穷苦
qióng kǔ
  1. 1 impoverished
  2. 2 destitute
脱贫
tuō pín
  1. 1 to lift oneself out of poverty
贫
pín
  1. 1 poor
  2. 2 inadequate
  3. 3 deficient
  4. 4 garrulous
贫乏
pín fá
  1. 1 impoverished
  2. 2 lacking
  3. 3 deficient
  4. 4 limited
  5. 5 meager
  6. 6 impoverishment
  7. 7 lack
  8. 8 deficiency

Idioms (20)

人穷志不穷
rén qióng zhì bù qióng
  1. 1 poor but with great ambitions (idiom)
  2. 2 poor but principled
国弱民穷
guó ruò mín qióng
  1. 1 the country weakened and the people empoverished (idiom)
嫌贫爱富
xián pín ài fù
  1. 1 to favor the rich and disdain the poor (idiom)
  2. 2 snobbish
安富恤穷
ān fù xù qióng
  1. 1 to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom)
安富恤贫
ān fù xù pín
  1. 1 to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom)
安贫乐道
ān pín lè dào
  1. 1 to be content with poverty and strive for virtue (idiom)
家贫如洗
jiā pín rú xǐ
  1. 1 extreme poverty (idiom); destitute
  2. 2 penniless
  3. 3 poor as church mice
层出不穷
céng chū bù qióng
  1. 1 more and more emerge
  2. 2 innumerable succession
  3. 3 breeding like flies (idiom)
山穷水尽
shān qióng shuǐ jìn
  1. 1 mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line
  2. 2 nowhere to go
后患无穷
hòu huàn wú qióng
  1. 1 it will cause no end of trouble (idiom)
打富济贫
dǎ fù jì pín
  1. 1 to rob the rich to help the poor (idiom)
打蛇不死，后患无穷
dǎ shé bù sǐ , hòu huàn wú qióng
  1. 1 if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue (idiom)
救急不救穷
jiù jí bù jiù qióng
  1. 1 help the starving but not the poor (idiom)
日暮途穷
rì mù tú qióng
  1. 1 sunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline
  2. 2 at a dead end
民穷财尽
mín qióng cái jìn
  1. 1 the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom); to drive the nation to bankruptcy
理屈词穷
lǐ qū cí qióng
  1. 1 faulty argument and poor rhetoric (idiom); unable to put forward any convincing arguments
  2. 2 without a leg to stand on
穷兵黩武
qióng bīng dú wǔ
  1. 1 to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom)
  2. 2 militaristic
  3. 3 bellicose
穷则思变
qióng zé sī biàn
  1. 1 when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach (idiom)
穷奢极侈
qióng shē jí chǐ
  1. 1 extravagant in the extreme (idiom)
穷奢极欲
qióng shē jí yù
  1. 1 to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance

Sample Sentences

我断章取义？难道管仲这么说，不是期待人能够从物质的满足进步到文化精神层面？你瞧那些来自穷苦家庭的人，有了钱就会花，这根本还是处在贫穷的心态下，缺乏精神文明呐。
wǒ duàn zhāng qǔ yì ？nándào Guǎnzhòng zhèmeshuō ，bùshì qīdài rén nénggòu cóng wùzhì de mǎnzú jìnbù dào wénhuà jīngshén céngmiàn ？nǐ qiáo nàxiē láizì qióngkǔ jiātíng de rén ，yǒu le qián jiù huì huā ，zhè gēnběn háishì chù zài pínqióng de xīntài xià ，quēfá jīngshénwénmíng na 。
I'm taking his words out of context? So you think Guan Zhong wasn't hoping that people would progress from material satisfaction to the spiritual and cultural level? Just look at those people from poor families. They spend money as soon as they get their hands on it. That's pretty much still being trapped in an impoverished mentality, which is uncivilized.
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贫穷限制了我的想象力:有钱人的生活你无法想象，虽然是一句玩笑话，但多少有些扎心，的确每天吃馒头的孩子根本无法想象满汉全席的滋味。
pínqióng xiànzhì le wǒ de xiǎngxiànglì yǒuqiánrén de shēnghuó nǐ wúfǎ xiǎngxiàng ，suīrán shì yījù wánxiàohuà ，dàn duōshao yǒuxiē zhāxīn ，díquè měitiān chī mántou de háizi gēnběnwúfǎ xiǎngxiàng MǎnHànquánxí de zīwèi 。
Poverty limits my imagination: You cannot imagine the lives of wealthy people. Although it is said as a joke, it is somewhat " Zha1 Xin1". It is true that the children who eat steamed bread every day cannot imagine the taste of a formal banquet of Manchurian and Chinese delicacies.
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看来你不是只看标题哦，你说的在道理上没错，但是你叫已经失业、贫穷，账户里取不出钱来的人民接受加税，可能吗？
kànlai nǐ bùshì zhī kàn biāotí ò ，nǐshuōde zài dàolǐ shàng méicuò ，dànshì nǐ jiào yǐjīng shīyè 、pínqióng ，zhànghù lǐ qǔ bù chū qián lái de rénmín jiēshòu jiā shuì ，kěnéng ma ？
It looks like you didn't just read the headline, after all. What you're saying is right in terms of logic, but you're asking a people who are already unemployed, living in poverty and who can't take any money out of their accounts to accept tax increases. You think that's possible?
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无论贫穷还是富有，无论疾病还是健康，你都要爱她，照顾她。
wúlùn pínqióng háishi fùyǒu ，wúlùn jíbìng háishi jiànkāng ，nǐ dōu yào ài tā ，zhàogu tā 。
Whether you're rich or poor, in good health or ill, you'll always love her and take care of her.
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