pín qióng liáo dǎo

Traditional: 貧窮潦倒

贫穷潦倒 (pín qióng liáo dǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “destitute; poverty-stricken”.

Meanings

  1. 1destitute; poverty-stricken

Characters in 贫穷潦倒

贫pín · poor穷qióng · poor潦lǎo · flooded倒dǎo · to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally

Related words

倒to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally倒to invert; to place upside down or frontside back倒霉to have bad luck倒数to count backwards (from 10 down to 0)倒数inverse number倒下to collapse穷poor摔倒to fall down倒是contrary to what one might expect打倒to overthrow穷人poor people击倒to knock down

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