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贫贱

pín jiàn

2-character word Traditional 貧賤

What 贫贱 means

1. poor and lowly

The characters in 贫贱

• 贫pínpoor; inadequate; deficient
• 贱jiàninexpensive; lowly; despicable

Example sentences

• 富贵不能迷乱他的思想，贫贱不能改变他的操守，威武不能压服他的意志，这就是大丈夫的本分。
  Wealth could not muddle his thoughts, poverty could not change his integrity, force could not oppress his will, this is what it means to be a man.

Words starting with 贫贱

• 贫贱不能移pín jiàn bù néng yínot shaken by poverty; to preserve one's ambitions although destitute