"穷" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 qióng poor / destitute / to use up / to exhaust / thoroughly / extremely / (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
Results beginning with 穷
 qióng rén poor people / the poor
 qióng zhuī to pursue relentlessly
 qióng kǔ impoverished / destitute
 qióng kùn destitute / wretched poverty
 qióng jìn to use up / to exhaust / to probe to the bottom / limit / end
 qióng suān (of a scholar) impoverished, shabby and pedantic / impoverished pedant
 qióng guó poor country
 qióng kòu cornered enemy
 qióng chóu destitute / troubled / penniless and full of care
 qióng cù hard-up / in dire straits / desperate
 qióng dǒu to shake uncontrollably / to jiggle (one's leg etc)
饿 qióng è exhausted and hungry
 Qióng jié variant of 瓊結|琼结[Qiong2 jie2], Qonggyai county, Tibetan: 'Phyongs rgyas, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[Shan1 nan2 di4 qu1], Tibet
 qióng jié to exhaust / to use up
 qióng kuì to be short of sth / to be wanting in sth
 qióng qí kamaitachi
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 qióng guāng dàn poor wretch / pauper / destitute man / poverty-stricken peasant / penniless good-for-nothing / impecunious vagabond
 qióng bàng zi poor but spirited person / destitute / the poor (traditional)
 qióng èr dài those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s / see also 富二代[fu4 er4 dai4]
 qióng jié fǎ Archimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus)
 Qióng jié xiàn variant of 瓊結縣|琼结县[Qiong2 jie2 xian4], Qonggyai county, Tibetan: 'Phyongs rgyas rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[Shan1 nan2 di4 qu1], Tibet
 qióng máng zú the working poor
 qióng suān xiàng wretched look / shabby looks
 qióng xiōng jí è fiendish / black-hearted
 qióng xiāng pì rǎng a remote and desolate place
 qióng bīng dú wǔ to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom) / militaristic / bellicose
 qióng dāng yì jiān poor but ambitious (idiom) / hard-pressed but determined / the worse one's position, the harder one must fight back
 qióng shān è shuǐ lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom) / fig. inhospitable natural environment
 qióng shē jí chǐ extravagant in the extreme (idiom)
 qióng shē jí yù to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom) / extreme extravagance
 qióng shǔ niè lí a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom) / the smallest worm will turn being trodden on
 qióng tú mò lù lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom) / an impasse / in a plight with no way out / things have reached a dead end
 qióng zé sī biàn when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach (idiom)
 qióng chóu liáo dǎo destitute and troubled / in dire straits
 qióng jiā bó yè poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom) / destitute
 qióng jié xīn jì to remain cunning even though exhausted (idiom)
 qióng sī kǔ xiǎng to think hard (idiom) / to give sth much thought
 qióng yú yìng fù to struggle to cope (with a situation) / to be at one's wits' end
 qióng zhuī bù shě to pursue relentlessly
 qióng dāng yì jiān , lǎo dāng yì zhuàng poor but ambition, old but vigorous (idiom) / robust and determined to hold one's position despite poverty and old age
 qióng zài nào shì wú rén wèn , fù zài shēn shān yǒu yuǎn qīn the poor are ignored in the busiest city / the rich will find relatives in the deepest mountain
  Voices of the poor - Can anyone hear us?
Approximate Results for 穷
 wú qióng endless / boundless / inexhaustible
 pín qióng poor / impoverished
 bù qióng endless / boundless / inexhaustible
 kū qióng to bewail one's poverty / to complain about being hard up / to pretend to be poor
 duǒ qióng to take refuge with a rich relative
 féng qióng to sew and mend clothes for a pittance
 gù qióng to endure poverty stoically
 shòu qióng poor
 yǒu qióng exhaustible / limited / finite
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  poverty headcount ratio
 ǎi chǒu qióng (Internet slang) (of a man) unmarriageable (lit. short, ugly and poor) / opposite: 高富帥|高富帅[gao1 fu4 shuai4]
 fēi qióng rén non-poor
 Sòng Rèn qióng Song Renqiong (1909-2005), general of the People's Liberation Army
 wú qióng jí infinite set (math.)
 wú qióng xiǎo infinitesimal (in calculus) / infinitely small
 céng chū bù qióng more and more emerge / innumerable succession / breeding like flies (idiom)
 wú qióng wú jìn endless / boundless / infinite
 huí wèi wú qióng leaving a rich aftertaste / (fig.) memorable / lingering in memory
 shān qióng shuǐ jìn mountain and river exhausted (idiom) / at the end of the line / nowhere to go
 hòu huàn wú qióng it will cause no end of trouble (idiom)
 lǐ qū cí qióng lit. having presented a flawed argument, one has nothing further to add (idiom) / fig. unable to provide a convincing argument to support one's position / to not have a leg to stand on
 ān fù xù qióng to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom)
 mín qióng cái jìn the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom) / to drive the nation to bankruptcy
 Qián lu:2 jì qióng to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)
 qí lè bù qióng boundless joy
 qí lè wú qióng boundless joy
 rén qióng zhì duǎn poor and with low expectations / poverty stunts ambition
 rì mù tú qióng sunset, the end of the road (idiom) / in terminal decline / at a dead end
 yí hài wú qióng to have disastrous consequences
 yí hài wú qióng to have disastrous consequences / also written 貽害無窮|贻害无穷[yi2 hai4 wu2 qiong2]
 yī qióng èr bái impoverished / backward both economically and culturally
 zhuī běn qióng yuán see 追本溯源[zhui1 ben3 su4 yuan2]
  poverty monitoring
  poverty assessment
  time-poor people
  time poverty
  human poverty
  consumption poverty
  child poverty
 chóng zhài qióng guó heavily indebted poor countries
 duō wéi pín qióng multidimensional poverty
 guó ruò mín qióng the country weakened and the people empoverished (idiom)
 jí duān pín qióng extreme poverty
 jué duì pín qióng absolute poverty
 lì dà wú qióng extraordinary strength / super strong / strong as an ox
鸿 pín qióng hóng gōu poverty divide
 pín qióng liáo dǎo poverty stricken
 pín qióng xiàn jǐng poverty trap
 shōu rù pín qióng income poverty
 tú qióng bǐ xiàn lit. the assassin's dagger, concealed in a map scroll, is suddenly revealed when the map is unrolled (referring to the attempted assassination of Ying Zheng 嬴政[Ying2 Zheng4] by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲[Jing1 Ke1] in 227 BC) (idiom) / fig. malicious intent suddenly becomes apparent
 wú qióng xù liè infinite sequence
 wú qióng yuǎn diǎn point at infinity (math.) / infinitely distant point
 xiāo chú pín qióng poverty eradication
 yī pán pín qióng overall poverty
 zhuāng qióng jiào kǔ to feign and complain bitterly of being poverty stricken (idiom)
 zhuāng suān kū qióng to dress poorly an plead poverty (even though rich) (idiom)
  non-HIPC country
  poverty gap ratio / poverty gap index
  structural poverty
 huì zhì pín qióng tú poverty mapping
 jiù jí bù jiù qióng help the starving but not the poor (idiom)
 rén qióng zhì bù qióng poor but with great ambitions (idiom) / poor but principled
 yǒu lì yú qióng rén pro-poorness
2015年  End Poverty 2015
  human poverty index
  poverty gap ratio / poverty gap index
  Integrated Poverty Index
  Overcoming Human Poverty
  Poverty and Development Division
  Poverty Alleviation Programme
 jué dìng pín qióng chéng duó absolute level of poverty
 zhàn qǐ lái fǎn pín qióng Stand Up Against Poverty, Stand Up for the Millennium Development Goals / Stand Up Against Poverty
  Poverty-Environment Initiative
  Poverty-Environment Facility
  intergenerational transmission of poverty
  Working Group on Poverty Eradication
  Poverty Sector Board
  Women and the eradication of poverty
 xiāo chú pín qióng guó jì rì International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
  Rio Group on Poverty Statistics
  Gender, Poverty and Well-being
  Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative / HIPC Initiative
  poverty, population, environment
  Expert Meeting on Poverty
  Knowledge Network for Poverty Reduction
  poverty-environment mainstreaming
  Poverty Monitoring and Analysis Unit
  feminization of poverty
  Poverty Analysis and Policy Division
  Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Trust Fund / HIPC Trust Fund
  global poverty eradication fund
  legal empowerment of the poor
  Globalization and the eradication of poverty
  poverty eradication action plan
  Poverty Strategies Initiative
  South Asian Poverty Alleviation Programme
  Poverty Eradication Award
&mdash pín qióng mdash;huán jìng huǒ bàn guān xì Poverty-Environment Partnership
  poverty and social impact analysis
  Standing Committee on Poverty Alleviation
  Participatory Poverty Assessment Project
  silent emergencies of poverty
  UNDP Poverty Report
饿  subgroup on poverty and hunger
 dǎ shé bù sǐ , hòu huàn wú qióng if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue (idiom)
 lián hé guó xiāo chú pín qióng shí nián United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
 yuán zhù pín qióng zhě xié shāng xiǎo zǔ Consultative Group to Assist the Poor
  Social Development and Poverty Elimination Division
  Global Call to Action against Poverty
  Inter-agency Working Group on Poverty Elimination
 yuán zhù zuì pín qióng zhě xié shāng xiǎo zǔ Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest
饿  Action against Hunger and Poverty
  enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Debt Initiative / enhanced HIPC Initiative
  United Nations Plan of Action on Poverty
  Poverty Eradication, Employment and Youth Branch
  Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor
  Forum of Ministers on Poverty and Environment
  Poverty Eradication and Community Empowerment Initiative / PEACE Initiative
  Hemispheric Conference on the Eradication of Poverty and Discrimination
饿  Popular Coalition to Eradicate Hunger and Poverty
  Independent South Asian Commission on Poverty Alleviation
  Poverty Elimination and Sustainable Livelihoods Programme
  Poverty and Social Policy Programme for Africa Programme
饿  Regional Thematic Working Group on Poverty and Hunger
饿  IBSA Facility for Poverty and Hunger Alleviation
  Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility
  pro-poor city development strategy
  Seminar on Statistics of Poverty and Income Distribution
  Joint Action Programme against Child Poverty
-环  Poverty-Environment Partnership
"消, 促, 增"  Attacking poverty, Building solidarity, Creating jobs
  United Nations Interagency Working Group on Poverty Issues
  Poverty Alleviation and Equitable Human Development Programme
饿  hunger, poverty and high oil and food prices
  International Conference on Poverty and Social Exclusion
  Programme of technical assistance to alleviate poverty in Central America
饿  Working Group on "Youth, Hunger and Poverty"
1工  Millennium Project Task Force 1 on Poverty and Economic Development / Task Force 1 on Poverty and Economic Development
  Plan of Action for promotion of employment and poverty alleviation
  Programme to Alleviate Poverty and the Social Cost of Adjustment
  Caribbean Ministerial Meeting on Poverty Eradication
  Poverty Monitoring and Sustainable Human Development Indicators
  NGO Sub-committee for the Eradication of Poverty
  Trust for Special ESAF Operations for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries and Interim ESAF Subsidy Operations / ESAF-HIPC Trust
  IDA-only HIPC
  Training Workshop on Poverty Measurement and Public Expenditure
  Directional Plan of Action for Poverty Eradication in the Caribbean
  Intensified Cooperation with Countries and Peoples in Greatest Need
 zì rán zī yuán guǎn lǐ yòng yú jiǎn huǎn nóng cūn pín qióng Natural Resource Management for Rural Poverty Alleviation
  Poverty Alleviation and Macroeconomic Reforms in Africa Project
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