穷酸

Traditional form:

窮酸

Pinyin (reading):

qióngsuān

Definitions:

• (of a scholar) impoverished, shabby and pedantic
• impoverished pedant

Characters:

• 穷 - poor, destitute; to exhaust
• 酸 - tart, sour; spoiled; acid

Traditional characters:

• 窮 - poor, destitute; to exhaust
• 酸 - tart, sour; spoiled; acid