贫贱
pín jiàn
Pinyin

Definition

贫贱
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pín jiàn
  1. poor and lowly

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

pín
  1. 1 poor
  2. 2 inadequate
  3. 3 deficient
  4. 4 garrulous
pín kùn
  1. 1 impoverished
  2. 2 poverty
pín fù
  1. 1 poor and rich
pín qióng
  1. 1 poor
  2. 2 impoverished
pín xuè
  1. 1 anemia
jiàn
  1. 1 inexpensive
  2. 2 lowly
jiàn rén
  1. 1 slut
  2. 2 cheap person
yī pín rú xǐ
  1. 1 penniless
xià jiàn
  1. 1 humble
  2. 2 lowly
  3. 3 depraved
  4. 4 contemptible
bēi jiàn
  1. 1 lowly
  2. 2 mean and low
fú pín
  1. 1 assistance to the poor
  2. 2 poverty alleviation
qīng pín
  1. 1 poor but upright
  2. 2 destitute
tuō pín
  1. 1 to lift oneself out of poverty
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
pín sēng
  1. 1 poor monk (humble term used by monk of himself)
pín zuǐ
  1. 1 talkative
  2. 2 garrulous
  3. 3 loquacious
  4. 4 flippant
  5. 5 jocular
pín hán
  1. 1 poor
  2. 2 poverty-stricken
  3. 3 impoverished
pín mín
  1. 1 poor people
pín mín kū
  1. 1 slum housing
pín jí
  1. 1 barren
  2. 2 infertile
  3. 3 poor

Idioms (17)

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
打富济贫
dǎ fù jì pín
  1. 1 to rob the rich to help the poor (idiom)
笑贫不笑娼
xiào pín bù xiào chāng
  1. 1 the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty
  2. 2 lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom)
脱贫致富
tuō pín zhì fù
  1. 1 to rise from poverty and become prosperous (idiom)
  2. 2 poverty alleviation
亲疏贵贱
qīn shū guì jiàn
  1. 1 close and distant, rich and poor (idiom); everyone
  2. 2 all possible relations
访贫问苦
fǎng pín wèn kǔ
  1. 1 to visit the poor and ask about their suffering (idiom)
贫不足耻
pín bù zú chǐ
  1. 1 it is no disgrace to be poor (idiom)
贫无立锥
pín wú lì zhuī
  1. 1 not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom); absolutely destitute
贫无立锥之地
pín wú lì zhuī zhī dì
  1. 1 not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom); absolutely destitute
贫病交加
pín bìng jiāo jiā
  1. 1 poverty compounded by ill health (idiom)
贫病交迫
pín bìng jiāo pò
  1. 1 beset by poverty and illness (idiom)
贵古贱今
guì gǔ jiàn jīn
  1. 1 to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
贵远贱近
guì yuǎn jiàn jìn
  1. 1 to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
赤贫如洗
chì pín rú xǐ
  1. 1 without two nickels to rub together (idiom)
  2. 2 impoverished

Sample Sentences

没错,虽然常常有人说“有情饮水饱”,不过在现实的婚姻生活中,更常见的是“贫贱夫妻百事哀”。
méicuò ,suīrán chángcháng yǒu rén shuō “yǒu qíng yǐn shuǐ bǎo ”,bùguò zài xiànshí de hūnyīn shēnghuó zhōng ,gèng chángjiàn de shì “pínjiàn fūqī bǎi shì āi ”。
That's right, although there is a Chinese expression which goes "When in Love, Even Plain Water Can Be a Filling Meal", in the everyday reality of married life, the more commonly seen situation is described by the phrase, "Everything goes wrong for a couple in poverty".
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