贫穷潦倒

Traditional form:

貧窮潦倒

Pinyin (reading):

pínqióngliáodǎo

Definitions:

• destitute; poverty-stricken

Characters:

• 贫 - poor, needy, impoverished; lacking
• 穷 - poor, destitute; to exhaust
• 潦 - to flood; puddle; dejected, careless
• 倒 - to collapse, to fall over; to lie down

Traditional characters:

• 貧 - poor, needy, impoverished; lacking
• 窮 - poor, destitute; to exhaust
• 潦 - to flood; puddle; dejected, careless
• 倒 - to collapse, to fall over; to lie down