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潦倒

liáo dǎo

2-character word

What 潦倒 means

1. down on one's luck; in straitened circumstances; disappointed; frustrated

The characters in 潦倒

• 潦liáoused in 潦草; used in 潦倒
• 倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow

Example sentences

• 他年轻的时候穷困潦倒。
  Tā niánqīng de shíhou qióngkùn liǎodǎo.
  He was terribly poor when he was young.
• 谢谢你在我贫困潦倒之时借给我$500。
  Xièxie nǐ zài wǒ pínkùn liáodǎo zhī shí jiègěi wǒ $500.
  Thank you very much for lending me $500 when I was having difficulty making ends meet.

Words containing 潦倒

• 穷困潦倒qióng kùn liáo dǎo(idiom) to live in poverty and despair; down and out; destitute and without hope
• 穷愁潦倒qióng chóu liáo dǎoimpoverished and dejected; wretched and penniless
• 贫穷潦倒pín qióng liáo dǎodestitute; poverty-stricken