(idiom) to live in poverty and despair; down and out; destitute and without hope
trad. 窮困潦倒
Also written 窮困潦倒【qióng kùn liáo dǎo】
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4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
困
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to trap, to surround, hard-pressed, stranded, destitute
- Pinyin
- kùn
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 12835 of 2500
潦
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flooded, heavy rain
- Pinyin
- lǎo
- Strokes
- 15
倒
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to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally, to fail; to go bankrupt, to overthrow, to change (trains or buses), to move around, to resell at a profit
- Pinyin
- dǎo
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 578 of 2500