一穷二白
Traditional form:
一窮二白
Pinyin (reading):
yīqióng'èrbái
Definitions:
- impoverished
- backward both economically and culturally
Characters:
- 一 - one; a, an; alone
- 穷 - poor, destitute; to exhaust
- 二 - two; twice
- 白 - white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright
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