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穷困潦倒

qióng kùn liáo dǎo

4-character word Traditional 窮困潦倒

What 穷困潦倒 means

1. idiomto live in poverty and despair; down and out; destitute and without hope

The characters in 穷困潦倒

• 穷qióngpoor; destitute; to use up
• 困kùnto trap; to surround; hard-pressed
• 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.

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