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人穷志短

rén qióng zhì duǎn

4-character word Traditional 人窮志短

What 人穷志短 means

1. poor and with low expectations
2. poverty stunts ambition

The characters in 人穷志短

• 人rénperson; people
• 穷qióngpoor; destitute; to use up
• 志zhìaspiration; ambition; the will
• 短duǎnshort; brief; to lack

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