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穷则思变
qióng zé sī biàn
What 穷则思变 means
- idiomwhen you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach
The characters in 穷则思变
- 穷qióngpoor; destitute; to use up
- 则zé(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then…
- 思sīto think; to consider
- 变biànto change; to become different; to transform
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