穷二代

Traditional form:

窮二代

Pinyin (reading):

qióng'èrdài

Definitions:

• those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s
• see also 富二代 (fù'èrdài)

Characters:

• 穷 - poor, destitute; to exhaust
• 二 - two; twice
• 代 - era, generation; to substitute for, to replace

Traditional characters:

• 窮 - poor, destitute; to exhaust
• 二 - two; twice
• 代 - era, generation; to substitute for, to replace