穷光蛋

Traditional form:

窮光蛋

Pinyin (reading):

qióngguāngdàn

Definitions:

• poor wretch
• pauper
• destitute man
• poverty-stricken peasant
• penniless good-for-nothing
• impecunious vagabond

Characters:

• 穷 - poor, destitute; to exhaust
• 光 - light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
• 蛋 - egg

Traditional characters:

• 窮 - poor, destitute; to exhaust
• 光 - light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
• 蛋 - egg