"Destitute" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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穷 qióng poor / destitute / to use up / to exhaust / thoroughly / extremely / (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
清贫 qīng pín poor but upright / destitute
穷苦 qióng kǔ impoverished / destitute
穷困 qióng kùn destitute / wretched poverty
凋敝 diāo bì impoverished / destitute / hard / depressed (of business) / tattered / ragged
家贫如洗 jiā pín rú xǐ extreme poverty (idiom) / destitute / penniless / poor as church mice
衣单食薄 yī dān shí bó thin coat, meager food (idiom) / life of wretched poverty / destitute
缺衣少食 quē yī shǎo shí short of food and clothing / destitute
倥偬 kǒng zǒng pressing / urgent / poverty-stricken / destitute
窘匮 jiǒng kuì destitute / impoverished
穷愁 qióng chóu destitute / troubled / penniless and full of care
穷棒子 qióng bàng zi poor but spirited person / destitute / the poor (traditional)
颠沛 diān pèi destitute / difficulty / hardship / trouble
穷家薄业 qióng jiā bó yè poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom) / destitute
流落 liú luò to wander about destitute / to be stranded
穷光蛋 qióng guāng dàn poor wretch / pauper / destitute man / poverty-stricken peasant / penniless good-for-nothing / impecunious vagabond
家破人亡 jiā pò rén wáng family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom) / ruined and orphaned / destitute and homeless
流离失所 liú lí shī suǒ destitute and homeless (idiom) / forced from one's home and wandering about / displaced
吹箫 chuī xiāo to play the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / to beg while playing pipes / cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[Wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1] / to busk / virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹簫|玉人吹箫[yu4 ren2 chui1 xiao1] / (slang) fellatio / blowjob
清苦 qīng kǔ destitute but honest / poor and simple / spartan / austere
伍子胥 Wǔ Zǐ xū Wu Zixu (-484 BC), powerful politician in Wu / famous as destitute refugee begging in Wu town, cf 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[Wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1]
吴市吹箫 Wú shì chuī xiāo to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], destitute refugee from Chu 楚[Chu3], busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician
吹箫乞食 chuī xiāo qǐ shí to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], destitute refugee from Chu 楚[Chu3], busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician
流离颠沛 liú lí diān pèi destitute and homeless (idiom) / displaced and without means
贫无立锥 pín wú lì zhuī not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom) / absolutely destitute
贫无立锥之地 pín wú lì zhuī zhī dì not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom) / absolutely destitute
牛衣对泣 niú yī duì qì couple living in destitute misery (idiom)
不俭则匮 bù jiǎn zé kuì wastage makes one destitute (idiom)
次贫 cì pín extremely poor but not destitute
空无所有 kōng wú suǒ yǒu having nothing (idiom) / utterly destitute / without two sticks to rub together
穷愁潦倒 qióng chóu liáo dǎo destitute and troubled / in dire straits
笥匮囊空 sì kuì náng kōng extremely destitute (idiom)
贫贱不能移 pín jiàn bù néng yí not shaken by poverty / to preserve one's ambitions although destitute
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