家貧

家贫
jiāpín
  1. (literary) to come from a poor family
  2. to come from a poor family

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 家 jiā used in 傢伙 jiāhuo and 傢俱 jiājù
=1 家 jiā
  1. home
  2. family
  3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
  4. classifier for families or businesses
  5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
  6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian

classifier: 個
=1 家 jie only used in 大家 (dàgū)
2 貧 pín
  1. poor
  2. inadequate
  3. deficient
  4. garrulous

Containing this entry

兒不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧 érbùxiánmǔchǒu,gǒubùxiánjiāpín a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor (proverb)
子不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧 zǐbùxiánmǔchǒu,gǒubùxiánjiāpín see 兒不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧，狗不嫌家贫 érbùxiánmǔchǒu,gǒubùxiánjiāpín
家貧如洗 jiāpínrúxǐ
  1. extreme poverty (idiom); destitute
  2. penniless
  3. poor as church mice