穷则思变

Traditional form:

窮則思變

Pinyin (reading):

qióngzésībiàn

Definitions:

• (idiom) when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach

Characters:

• 穷 - poor, destitute; to exhaust
• 则 - rule, law, regulation; grades
• 思 - to think, to ponder, to consider; final particle
• 变 - to change, to transform, to alter; rebel

Traditional characters:

• 窮 - poor, destitute; to exhaust
• 則 - rule, law, regulation; grades
• 思 - to think, to ponder, to consider; final particle
• 變 - to change, to transform, to alter; rebel