impoverished; backward both economically and culturally
trad. 一窮二白
Also written 一窮二白【yī qióng èr bái】
Characters in this word
4一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
穷
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poor, destitute, to use up, to exhaust, thoroughly, extremely, (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
- Pinyin
- qióng
- Traditional
- 窮
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 9199 of 2500
二
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two, 2, (Beijing dialect) stupid
- Pinyin
- èr
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 1000 of 2500
白
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surname Bai, Bai ethnic group
- Pinyin
- Bái
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 1993 of 2500