寒酸

hánsuān
  1. wretched
  2. poverty-stricken
  3. unpresentable (for clothing, gifts etc)

CEDICT

  1. (archaic) poor scholar
  2. poor scholar
  3. poverty-stricken; poor
  4. shabby and miserable (usually of a poor scholar)

Wiktionary

形容寒士的穷态或畏缩等不大方的姿态。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 寒 hán
  1. cold
  2. poor
  3. to tremble
2 酸 suān
  1. sour
  2. tart
  3. sick at heart
  4. grieved
  5. sore
  6. aching
  7. pedantic
  8. impractical
  9. to make sarcastic remarks about sb
  10. an acid

Related entries

猥琐 wěisuǒ
  1. wretched (esp. appearance)
  2. vulgar
佌 cǐ
  1. petty
  2. wretched
可怜兮兮 kěliánxīxī
  1. miserable
  2. wretched
惨 cǎn
  1. miserable
  2. wretched
  3. cruel
  4. inhuman
  5. disastrous
  6. tragic
  7. dim
  8. gloomy
他們會害慘你。

They'll kill you.

Source: Tatoeba

天杀的 tiānshāde
  1. Goddam!
  2. goddamn
  3. wretched
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