貧乏

贫乏
pínfá
  1. impoverished
  2. lacking
  3. deficient
  4. limited
  5. meager
  6. impoverishment
  7. lack
  8. deficiency

CEDICT

  1. (literary) poor person; poor people; the poor
  2. insufficient; inadequate; lacking
  3. poor person; poor people; the poor
  4. poor; destitute; indigent

Wiktionary

  1. 因貧窮而物資匱乏。
  2. 引申為一切不足、缺乏之意。

重編國語辭典

  1. 不足的，不宽裕的。
  2. 穷人。
  3. 贫穷的，缺少财产等资源的。

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 貧 pín
  1. poor
  2. inadequate
  3. deficient
  4. garrulous
2 乏 fá
  1. short of
  2. tired

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  1. impoverished
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凋敝 diāobì
  1. impoverished
  2. destitute
  3. hard
  4. depressed (of business)
  5. tattered
  6. ragged
窮苦 qióngkǔ
  1. impoverished
  2. destitute
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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