穷 (w)

(qióng) exhausted; poor

穷二代 (w)

(qióngèrdài) those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s; see also 富二代[fu4 er4 dai4]

穷人 (w)

(qióngrén) poor people; the poor

穷光蛋 (w)

(qióngguāngdàn) poor wretch; pauper; destitute man; poverty-stricken peasant; penniless good-for-nothing; impecunious vagabond

穷匮 (w)

(qióngkuì) to be short of sth; to be wanting in sth

穷困 (w)

(qióngkùn) destitute; wretched poverty

穷国 (w)

(qióngguó) poor country

穷奢极侈 (w)

(qióngshējíchǐ) extravagant in the extreme (idiom)

穷奢极欲 (w)

(qióngshējíyù) to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance

穷寇 (w)

(qióngkòu) cornered enemy

穷山恶水 (w)

(qióngshānèshuǐ) barren hills and treacherous rapids (idiom); inhospitable natural environment

穷愁 (w)

(qióngchóu) destitute; troubled; penniless and full of care

穷愁潦倒 (w)

(qióngchóuliáodǎo) destitute and troubled; in dire straits

穷棒子 (w)

(qióngbàngzi) poor but spirited person; destitute; the poor (traditional)

穷当益坚 (w)

(qióngdāngyìjiān) poor but ambitious (idiom); hard-pressed but determined; the worse one's position, the harder one must fight back

穷当益坚，老当益壮 (w)

(qióngdāngyìjiānlǎodāngyìzhuàng) poor but ambition, old but vigorous (idiom); robust and determined to hold one's position despite poverty and old age

穷尽 (w)

(qióngjìn) end; bound; boundary

穷竭心计 (w)

(qióngjiéxīnjì) to remain cunning even though exhausted (idiom)

穷竭法 (w)

(qióngjiéfǎ) Archimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus)

穷结 (w)

(qióngjié) 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

穷结县 (w)

(qióngjiéxiàn) 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

穷苦 (w)

(qióngkǔ) impoverished; destitute

穷蹙 (w)

(qióngcù) hard-up; in dire straits; desperate

穷追 (w)

(qióngzhuī) to go in hot pursuit

穷途末路 (w)

(qióngtúmòlù) 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

穷乡僻壤 (w)

(qióngxiāngpìrǎng) a remote and desolate place

穷酸相 (w)

(qióngsuānxiàng) wretched look; shabby looks

穷饿 (w)

(qióngè) exhausted and hungry

穷鼠啮狸 (w)

(qióngshǔnièlí) a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on