穷愁潦倒

Traditional form:

窮愁潦倒

Pinyin (reading):

qióngchóuliáodǎo

Definitions:

• impoverished and dejected; wretched and penniless

Characters:

• 穷 - poor, destitute; to exhaust
• 愁 - anxious, worried
• 潦 - to flood; puddle; dejected, careless
• 倒 - to collapse, to fall over; to lie down

Traditional characters:

• 窮 - poor, destitute; to exhaust
• 愁 - anxious, worried
• 潦 - to flood; puddle; dejected, careless
• 倒 - to collapse, to fall over; to lie down