窮苦

穷苦
qióngkǔ
  1. impoverished
  2. destitute

CEDICT

destitute; poverty-stricken

Wiktionary

貧乏困苦。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 窮 qióng
  1. poor
  2. destitute
  3. to use up
  4. to exhaust
  5. thoroughly
  6. extremely
  7. (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
2 苦 kǔ
  1. bitter
  2. hardship
  3. pain
  4. to suffer
  5. to bring suffering to
  6. painstakingly

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一窮二白 yīqióngèrbái
  1. impoverished
  2. backward both economically and culturally
凋敝 diāobì
  1. impoverished
  2. destitute
  3. hard
  4. depressed (of business)
  5. tattered
  6. ragged
貧乏 pínfá
  1. impoverished
  2. lacking
  3. deficient
  4. limited
  5. meager
  6. impoverishment
  7. lack
  8. deficiency
貧困 pínkùn
  1. impoverished
  2. poverty
他怎么在这样的贫困中谋生？

How did he make his living in such poverty?

Source: Tatoeba

淪落 lúnluò
  1. to degenerate
  2. impoverished
  3. to fall (into poverty)
  4. to be reduced (to begging)
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