穷困潦倒
Traditional form:
窮困潦倒
Pinyin (reading):
qióngkùnliáodǎo
Definitions:
- (idiom) to live in poverty and despair; down and out; destitute and without hope
Characters:
- 穷 - poor, destitute; to exhaust
- 困 - to surround; to besiege; surrounded, in distress; poor; tired, sleepy
- 潦 - to flood; puddle; dejected, careless
- 倒 - to collapse, to fall over; to lie down
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