the poor are ignored in the busiest city; the rich will find relatives in the deepest mountain
trad. 窮在鬧市無人問，富在深山有遠親
Also written 窮在鬧市無人問，富在深山有遠親【qióng zài nào shì wú rén wèn , fù zài shēn shān yǒu yuǎn qīn】
Characters in this word
13穷
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
poor, destitute, to use up, to exhaust, thoroughly, extremely, (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
- Pinyin
- qióng
- Traditional
- 窮
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 9199 of 2500
在
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to exist; to be alive, (of sb or sth) to be (located) at, (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- Pinyin
- zài
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 6 of 2500
闹
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variant of 鬧|闹[nao4]
- Pinyin
- nào
- Traditional
- 閙
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 4706 of 2500
市
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market, city, municipality (administrative unit), (literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods
- Pinyin
- shì
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 3824 of 2500
无
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used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- Pinyin
- mó
- Traditional
- 無
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1404 of 2500
人
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person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 of 2500
问
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to ask; to inquire
- Pinyin
- wèn
- Traditional
- 問
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 261 of 2500
富
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surname Fu
- Pinyin
- Fù
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 13136 of 2500
深
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old variant of 深[shen1]
- Pinyin
- shēn
- Traditional
- 㴱
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 3544 of 2500
山
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surname Shan
- Pinyin
- Shān
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 2411 of 2500
有
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to have; there is, (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- Pinyin
- yǒu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 13 of 2500
远
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far, distant, remote, (intensifier in a comparison) by far, much (lower etc)
- Pinyin
- yuǎn
- Traditional
- 遠
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 1115 of 2500
亲
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parent, one's own (flesh and blood), relative, related, marriage, bride, close, intimate, in person, first-hand, in favor of, pro-, to kiss, (Internet slang) dear
- Pinyin
- qīn
- Traditional
- 親
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2436 of 2500