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矮醜窮 矮丑穷 [ai3 chou3 qiong2] /(Internet slang) (of a man) unmarriageable (lit. short, ugly and poor)/opposite: 高富帥|高富帅[gao1 fu4 shuai4]/ 3131 1
安富恤窮 安富恤穷 [an1 fu4 xu4 qiong2] /to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom)/ 6353 1
八大元老 八大元老 [Ba1 Da4 Yuan2 lao3] /"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, namely 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2], 陳雲|陈云[Chen2 Yun2], 李先念[Li3 Xian1 nian4], 彭真[Peng2 Zhen1], 楊尚昆|杨尚昆[Yang2 Shang4 kun1], 薄一波[Bo2 Yi1 bo1], 王震[Wang2 Zhen4], and 宋任窮|宋任穷[Song4 Ren4 qiong2]/abbr. to 八老[Ba1 lao3]/ 2281 1
不窮 不穷 [bu4 qiong2] /endless/boundless/inexhaustible/ 6878 1
層出不窮 层出不穷 [ceng2 chu1 bu4 qiong2] /more and more emerge/innumerable succession/breeding like flies (idiom)/ 6206 1
詞窮 词穷 [[ci2qiong2]] /to not know what to say; to be lost for words/ 843 2
躲窮 躲穷 [duo3 qiong2] /to take refuge with a rich relative/ 6591 1
縫窮 缝穷 [feng2 qiong2] /to sew and mend clothes for a pittance/ 6625 1
富二代 富二代 [fu4 er4 dai4] /children of entrepreneurs who became wealthy under Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms in the 1980s/see also 窮二代|穷二代[qiong2 er4 dai4]/ 5413 1
負無窮 负无穷 [[fu4wu2qiong2]] /(math.) negative infinity/ 177 2
固窮 固穷 [gu4 qiong2] /to endure poverty stoically/ 2693 1
國弱民窮 国弱民穷 [guo2 ruo4 min2 qiong2] /the country weakened and the people empoverished (idiom)/ 6281 1
後患無窮 后患无穷 [[hou4huan4-wu2qiong2]] /(idiom) there will be no end of trouble in the future/ 693 2
回味無窮 回味无穷 [hui2 wei4 wu2 qiong2] /to have a rich aftertaste/(fig.) memorable; to linger in one's memory/ 1238 1
救急不救窮 救急不救穷 [jiu4 ji2 bu4 jiu4 qiong2] /help the starving but not the poor (idiom)/ 5745 1
哭窮 哭穷 [ku1 qiong2] /to bewail one's poverty/to complain about being hard up/to pretend to be poor/ 6866 1
理屈詞窮 理屈词穷 [li3 qu1 ci2 qiong2] /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/ 1690 1
力大無窮 力大无穷 [li4 da4 wu2 qiong2] /extraordinary strength/super strong/strong as an ox/ 4659 1
民窮財盡 民穷财尽 [min2 qiong2 cai2 jin4] /the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom); to drive the nation to bankruptcy/ 6353 1
貧窮 贫穷 [pin2 qiong2] /poor/impoverished/ 7121 1
貧限想 贫限想 [pin2 xian4 xiang3] /(Internet slang) (wryly jocular) poverty limits my power of imagination/(fig.) flabbergasted by the antics of the wealthy/the rich live in another world/(abbr. for 貧窮限制了我的想象力|贫穷限制了我的想象力[pin2 qiong2 xian4 zhi4 le5 wo3 de5 xiang3 xiang4 li4])/ 2203 1
貧窮潦倒 贫穷潦倒 [[pin2qiong2-liao2dao3]] /destitute; poverty-stricken/ 421 2
其樂不窮 其乐不穷 [qi2 le4 bu4 qiong2] /boundless joy/ 6878 1
其樂無窮 其乐无穷 [qi2 le4 wu2 qiong2] /boundless joy/ 6878 1
黔驢技窮 黔驴技穷 [Qian2 lü2 ji4 qiong2] /to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)/ 5775 1
[qiong2] /poor/destitute/to use up/to exhaust/thoroughly/extremely/(coll.) persistently and pointlessly/ 3798 1
窮棒子 穷棒子 [qiong2 bang4 zi5] /poor but spirited person/(old) (derog.) peasant/ 1296 1
窮兵黷武 穷兵黩武 [qiong2 bing1 du2 wu3] /to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom)/militaristic/bellicose/ 4983 1
窮愁 穷愁 [qiong2 chou2] /destitute/troubled/penniless and full of care/ 6606 1
窮愁潦倒 穷愁潦倒 [qiong2 chou2 liao2 dao3] /impoverished and dejected; wretched and penniless/ 1218 1
窮蹙 穷蹙 [qiong2 cu4] /hard-up/in dire straits/desperate/ 5815 1
窮當益堅 穷当益坚 [qiong2 dang1 yi4 jian1] /poor but ambitious (idiom); hard-pressed but determined/the worse one's position, the harder one must fight back/ 6353 1
窮抖 穷抖 [qiong2 dou3] /to shake uncontrollably/to jiggle (one's leg etc)/ 3802 1
窮餓 穷饿 [qiong2 e4] /exhausted and hungry/ 6961 1
窮二代 穷二代 [qiong2 er4 dai4] /those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s/see also 富二代[fu4 er4 dai4]/ 5413 1
窮光蛋 穷光蛋 [qiong2 guang1 dan4] /poor wretch/pauper/destitute man/poverty-stricken peasant/penniless good-for-nothing/impecunious vagabond/ 6481 1
窮國 穷国 [qiong2 guo2] /poor country/ 6499 1
窮家薄業 穷家薄业 [qiong2 jia1 bo2 ye4] /lit. poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom)/fig. destitute/ 1339 1
窮家富路 穷家富路 [qiong2 jia1 fu4 lu4] /(idiom) at home be frugal, but when traveling be prepared to spend/ 1025 1
窮竭 穷竭 [qiong2 jie2] /to exhaust/to use up/ 4863 1
窮竭法 穷竭法 [qiong2 jie2 fa3] /Archimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus)/ 7038 1
窮盡 穷尽 [qiong2 jin4] /to use up/to exhaust/to probe to the bottom/limit/end/ 4050 1
窮寇 穷寇 [qiong2 kou4] /cornered enemy/ 5708 1
窮苦 穷苦 [qiong2 ku3] /impoverished/destitute/ 6848 1
窮匱 穷匮 [qiong2 kui4] /to be short of sth/to be wanting in sth/ 6093 1
窮困 穷困 [qiong2 kun4] /destitute/wretched poverty/ 6731 1
窮忙族 穷忙族 [qiong2 mang2 zu2] /the working poor/ 4166 1
窮人 穷人 [qiong2 ren2] /poor people/the poor/ 7121 1
窮山惡水 穷山恶水 [qiong2 shan1 e4 shui3] /lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom)/fig. inhospitable natural environment/ 3831 1
窮奢極侈 穷奢极侈 [qiong2 she1 ji2 chi3] /extravagant in the extreme (idiom)/ 6112 1
窮奢極欲 穷奢极欲 [qiong2 she1 ji2 yu4] /to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance/ 6323 1
窮鼠嚙狸 穷鼠啮狸 [qiong2 shu3 nie4 li2] /a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on/ 5890 1
窮思苦想 穷思苦想 [qiong2 si1 ku3 xiang3] /to think hard (idiom)/to give sth much thought/ 3351 1
窮酸相 穷酸相 [qiong2 suan1 xiang4] /wretched look/shabby looks/ 5749 1
窮途末路 穷途末路 [qiong2 tu2 mo4 lu4] /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/ 6353 1
窮鄉僻壤 穷乡僻壤 [qiong2 xiang1 pi4 rang3] /a remote and desolate place/ 6353 1
窮凶極惡 穷凶极恶 [qiong2 xiong1 ji2 e4] /fiendish/black-hearted/ 2033 1
窮養 穷养 [qiong2 yang3] /to raise (a child) frugally/ 1045 1
窮遊 穷游 [qiong2 you2] /to travel on a small budget/ 1045 1
窮於應付 穷于应付 [qiong2 yu2 ying4 fu4] /to struggle to cope (with a situation)/to be at one's wits' end/ 4793 1
窮在鬧市無人問,富在深山有遠親 穷在闹市无人问,富在深山有远亲 [qiong2 zai4 nao4 shi4 wu2 ren2 wen4 , fu4 zai4 shen1 shan1 you3 yuan3 qin1] /the poor are ignored in the busiest city; the rich will find relatives in the deepest mountain/ 4173 1
窮則思變 穷则思变 [qiong2 ze2 si1 bian4] /(idiom) when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach/ 999 1
窮追 穷追 [qiong2 zhui1] /to pursue relentlessly/ 3943 1
窮追不捨 穷追不舍 [qiong2 zhui1 bu4 she3] /to pursue relentlessly/ 1902 1
窮鬼 穷鬼 [[qiong2gui3]] /(vulgar) impoverished person; the poor/ 868 2
窮極 穷极 [[qiong2ji2]] /extremely; utterly/ 902 2
窮困潦倒 穷困潦倒 [[qiong2kun4-liao2dao3]] /(idiom) to live in poverty and despair; down and out; destitute and without hope/ 433 2
窮酸 穷酸 [[qiong2suan1]] /(of a scholar) impoverished, shabby and pedantic/impoverished pedant/ 848 2
人窮志不窮 人穷志不穷 [ren2 qiong2 zhi4 bu4 qiong2] /(idiom) poor but with great ambitions; poor but principled/ 995 1
人窮志短 人穷志短 [ren2 qiong2 zhi4 duan3] /poor and with low expectations/poverty stunts ambition/ 6913 1
日暮途窮 日暮途穷 [ri4 mu4 tu2 qiong2] /sunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline/at a dead end/ 6353 1
山窮水盡 山穷水尽 [shan1 qiong2 shui3 jin4] /mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line/nowhere to go/ 6353 1
受窮 受穷 [shou4 qiong2] /poor/ 7014 1
宋任窮 宋任穷 [Song4 Ren4 qiong2] /Song Renqiong (1909-2005), general of the People's Liberation Army/ 4504 1
圖窮匕首見 图穷匕首见 [tu2 qiong2 bi3 shou3 xian4] /see 圖窮匕見|图穷匕见[tu2 qiong2 bi3 xian4]/ 1194 1
圖窮匕見 图穷匕见 [[tu2qiong2-bi3xian4]] /(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/ 70 2
無窮 无穷 [wu2 qiong2] /endless/boundless/inexhaustible/ 6878 1
無窮集 无穷集 [wu2 qiong2 ji2] /infinite set (math.)/ 6442 1
無窮序列 无穷序列 [wu2 qiong2 xu4 lie4] /infinite sequence/ 6442 1
無窮遠點 无穷远点 [wu2 qiong2 yuan3 dian3] /point at infinity (math.)/infinitely distant point/ 7121 1
無窮無盡 无穷无尽 [[wu2qiong2-wu2jin4]] /(idiom) endless; boundless; infinite/ 703 2
無窮大 无穷大 [[wu2qiong2da4]] /(math.) infinity; infinite/ 177 2
無窮小 无穷小 [[wu2qiong2xiao3]] /(math.) infinitesimal; infinitely small/ 177 2
一窮二白 一穷二白 [yi1 qiong2 er4 bai2] /impoverished/backward both economically and culturally/ 5160 1
貽害無窮 贻害无穷 [yi2 hai4 wu2 qiong2] /to have disastrous consequences/ 5273 1
遺害無窮 遗害无穷 [yi2 hai4 wu2 qiong2] /to have disastrous consequences/also written 貽害無窮|贻害无穷[yi2 hai4 wu2 qiong2]/ 5273 1
有窮 有穷 [you3 qiong2] /exhaustible/limited/finite/ 2251 1
正無窮 正无穷 [[zheng4wu2qiong2]] /(math.) positive infinity/ 177 2
裝窮叫苦 装穷叫苦 [zhuang1 qiong2 jiao4 ku3] /to feign and complain bitterly of being poverty stricken (idiom)/ 6353 1
追本窮源 追本穷源 [zhui1 ben3 qiong2 yuan2] /see 追本溯源[zhui1 ben3 su4 yuan2]/ 3230 1

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