清貧

清贫
qīngpín
  1. poor but upright
  2. destitute

CEDICT

  1. (especially of scholars and intellectuals) destitute; poor; badly off
  2. (literary) poor but upright
  3. destitute; poor; badly off
  4. poor but upright

Wiktionary

  1. 形容非常窮苦。《聊齋志異．卷十一．黃英》：「然家清貧，陶日與馬共食飲，而察其家　似不舉火。」《儒林外史．第四十八回》：「一向知道吾兄清貧，如今在家可做館？長年　何以為生？」也作「清苦」。
  2. 窮苦而不失節。《紅樓夢．第二回》：「若生於詩書清貧之族，則為逸士高人。」也作「清苦」。

重編國語辭典

  1. 清寒貧苦
  2. 貧窮而有節操

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 清 qīng
  1. (of water etc) clear; clean
  2. quiet; still
  3. pure; uncorrupted
  4. clear; distinct
  5. to clear; to settle (accounts)
2 貧 pín
  1. poor
  2. inadequate
  3. deficient
  4. garrulous

Related entries

窘匱 jiǒngkuì
  1. destitute
  2. impoverished
窮困 qióngkùn
  1. destitute
  2. wretched poverty
窮愁 qióngchóu
  1. destitute
  2. troubled
  3. penniless and full of care
凋敝 diāobì
  1. impoverished
  2. destitute
  3. hard
  4. depressed (of business)
  5. tattered
  6. ragged
窮 qióng
  1. poor
  2. destitute
  3. to use up
  4. to exhaust
  5. thoroughly
  6. extremely
  7. (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
窮鼠囓狸。

A cornered rat will bite a cat.

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