Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 贫

poor
inadequate
deficient
garrulous

talkative
garrulous
loquacious
flippant
jocular

poverty-stricken

anemia

depleted uranium (D-38)

verbose
garrulous

poor people

extremely poor but not destitute

mean
stingy
garrulous

(dialect) to talk nonsense
garrulous

poor
poverty-stricken
impoverished

to help the poor

poverty-stricken
poor

poor Taoist

low grade ore

mean
stingy

poor monk (humble term used by monk of himself)

poor and rich

assistance to the poor
poverty alleviation

to lift oneself out of poverty

poor in oil

barren
infertile
poor

to reduce poverty
poverty reduction

impoverished
lacking
deficient
limited
meager
impoverishment
lack
deficiency

impoverished
poverty

poor and lowly

poor peasant

poor and feeble

poor
impoverished

waste liquid
liquid with precipitate skimmed off

poor but upright
destitute

pínxiànxiǎng

(Internet slang) (wryly jocular) poverty limits my power of imagination
(fig.) flabbergasted by the antics of the wealthy
the rich live in another world
(abbr. for 貧窮限制了我的想象力／贫穷限制了我的想象力 (pínqióngxiànzhìlewǒdexiǎngxiànglì))

(coll.) to wag one's tongue
to indulge in idle gossip and silly jokes
to chatter endlessly
to speak glibly

slum area
ghetto

slum housing

poverty rate

cerebral anemia

poor peasants (in Marxism)

anemia

country poor in oil

without two nickels to rub together (idiom)
impoverished

to help the poor
almsgiving for the needy
to assist poor households or poor regions

extreme poverty (idiom); destitute
penniless
poor as church mice

pínwúlìzhuī

not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom); absolutely destitute

pínzuǐhuáshé

garrulous and sharp-tongued

it is no disgrace to be poor (idiom)

pínqióngliáodǎo

destitute; poverty-stricken

to rob the rich to help the poor

disparity between rich and poor

penniless

to be content with poverty and strive for virtue (idiom)

robbing the rich to help the poor

xiánpín'àifù

to favor the rich and disdain the poor (idiom)
snobbish

pínzuǐbóshé

garrulous and sharp-tongued

pínxiàzhōngnóng

(category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants)

fǎngpínwènkǔ

to visit the poor and ask about their suffering (idiom)

to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom)

pínbìngjiāojiā

poverty compounded by ill health (idiom)

pínbìngjiāopò

beset by poverty and illness (idiom)

tuōpínzhìfù

to rise from poverty and become prosperous (idiom)
poverty alleviation

to rob the rich to help the poor (idiom)

poor region
impoverished area

pínjiànbùnéngyí

贫贱不能移

[貧賤不能移]

not shaken by poverty
to preserve one's ambitions although destitute

xiàopínbùxiàochāng

笑贫不笑娼

[笑貧不笑娼]

the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty
lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom)

pínxuèxìnghuàisǐ

贫血性坏死

[貧血性壞死]

anemic necrosis

shīxuèxìngpínxuè

失血性贫血

[失血性貧血]

blood loss anemia

zhàng'àixìngpínxuè

障碍性贫血

[障礙性貧血]

aplastic anemia (med.)

Dìzhōng Hǎipínxuè

地中海贫血

[地中海貧血]

thalassemia (medicine)

hǎiyángxìngpínxuè

海洋性贫血

[海洋性貧血]

thalassemia

pínwúlìzhuīzhīdì

贫无立锥之地

[貧無立錐之地]

not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom); absolutely destitute

liándāoxìbāopínxuè

镰刀细胞贫血

[鐮刀細胞貧血]

sickle cell anemia

zàishēngbùliángxìngpínxuè

再生不良性贫血

[再生不良性貧血]

aplastic anemia

liánzhuànghóngxuèqiúpínxuèzhèng

镰状红血球贫血症

[鐮狀紅血球貧血症]

sickle-cell anemia

zǐbùxiánmǔchǒu,gǒubùxiánjiāpín

子不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫

[子不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧]

see 兒不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧／儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫 (érbùxiánmǔchǒu,gǒubùxiánjiāpín)

érbùxiánmǔchǒu,gǒubùxiánjiāpín

儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫

[兒不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧]

a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor (proverb)