贫穷

pín qióng · pin qiong

Traditional 貧窮

Meaning

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  1. poor
  2. impoverished

In a sentence

2 examples
01

黑(hēi)麦(mài)被(bèi)称(chēng)为(wéi)贫(pín)穷(qióng)的(de)谷(gǔ)物(wù)。

Rye was called the grain of poverty.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by Zifre · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

贫(pín)穷(qióng)的(de)不(bú)是(shì)拥(yōng)有(yǒu)太(tài)少(shǎo)的(de)人(rén),而(ér)是(shì)想(xiǎng)要(yào)太(tài)多(duō)的(de)人(rén)。

Poor is not the one who has too little, but the one who wants too much.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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