贫困 貧困 pín kùn impoverished / poverty syn 沦落 淪落 lún luò to degenerate / impoverished / to fall (into poverty) / to be reduced (to begging) syn 穷困 窮困 qióng kùn destitute / wretched poverty syn 穷光蛋 窮光蛋 qióng guāng dàn poor wretch / pauper / destitute man / poverty-stricken peasant / penniless good-for-nothing / impecunious vagabond syn 主动权 主動權 zhǔ dòng quán initiative (as in "seize the initiative") / advantageous position that allows one to call the shots 窘迫 jiǒng pò poverty-stricken / very poor / hard-pressed / in a predicament / embarrassed syn 寒酸 hán suān wretched / poverty-stricken / unpresentable (for clothing, gifts etc) syn 贫苦 貧苦 pín kǔ poverty-stricken / poor syn 饥寒交迫 飢寒交迫 jī hán jiāo pò beset by hunger and cold (idiom) / starving and freezing / in desperate poverty syn 贫寒 貧寒 pín hán poor / poverty-stricken / impoverished syn 放养 放養 fàng yǎng to raise (livestock or poultry) in an open environment / to breed (fish, bees, silkworms etc) in a suitable environment / to culture (kelp etc) / to release (a captive animal) into the wild syn 赤贫 赤貧 chì pín poverty-stricken syn 困顿 困頓 kùn dùn fatigued / exhausted / poverty-stricken / in straitened circumstances syn 哭穷 哭窮 kū qióng to bewail one's poverty / to complain about being hard up / to pretend to be poor 扶贫 扶貧 fú pín assistance to the poor / poverty alleviation syn 脱贫 脫貧 tuō pín to lift oneself out of poverty 脱贫致富 脫貧致富 tuō pín zhì fù to rise from poverty and become prosperous (idiom) / poverty alleviation syn 糟糠 zāo kāng chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor) / (fig.) rubbish / junk / (abbr. for 糟糠妻[zao1 kang1 qi1]) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband syn 食不果腹 shí bù guǒ fù lit. food not filling the stomach (idiom) / fig. poverty-stricken syn 环境 環境 huán jìng environment / circumstances / surroundings / CL:個|个[ge4] / ambient syn 掌握 zhǎng wò to grasp (often fig.) / to control / to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny) / to master / to know well / to understand sth well and know how to use it / fluency syn 出局 chū jú (of a batter) to be put out (in baseball) / to be dismissed (in cricket) / (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition / (fig.) to be weeded out / to get the chop (in a competitive environment) 主动 主動 zhǔ dòng to take the initiative / to do sth of one's own accord / spontaneous / active / opposite: passive 被動|被动[bei4 dong4] / drive (of gears and shafts etc) syn 发起 發起 fā qǐ to originate / to initiate / to launch (an attack, an initiative etc) / to start / to propose sth (for the first time) syn 出头 出頭 chū tóu to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than syn 冷藏 lěng cáng refrigeration / cold storage / to keep (food, medicine) in cold environment 居家 jū jiā to live at home / to stay at home / home (schooling etc) / in-home (care etc) / household (repairs etc) / living (environment etc) syn 公私 gōng sī public and private (interests, initiative etc) syn 先发制人 先發制人 xiān fā zhì rén (idiom) to gain the initiative by striking first / to preempt syn 率先 shuài xiān to take the lead / to show initiative syn 进取 進取 jìn qǔ to show initiative / to be a go-getter / to push forward with one's agenda syn 守株待兔 shǒu zhū dài tù lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom) / to wait idly for opportunities / to trust to chance rather than show initiative syn 风平浪静 風平浪靜 fēng píng làng jìng lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom) / tranquil environment / all is quiet / a dead calm (at sea) syn 情境 qíng jìng situation / context / setting / environment syn 无所作为 無所作為 wú suǒ zuò wéi attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom) / without any initiative or drive / feckless syn 进取心 進取心 jìn qǔ xīn enterprising spirit / initiative syn 倡议 倡議 chàng yì to suggest / to initiate / proposal / initiative syn 自然环境 自然環境 zì rán huán jìng physical environment 积极性 積極性 jī jí xìng zeal / initiative / enthusiasm / activity syn 环保局 環保局 huán bǎo jú environment protection office / PRC National bureau of environmental protection 灯红酒绿 燈紅酒綠 dēng hóng jiǔ lǜ lanterns red, wine green (idiom) / feasting and pleasure-seeking / debauched and corrupt environment syn 水土 shuǐ tǔ water and soil / surface water / natural environment (extended meaning) / climate 涵养 涵養 hán yǎng to cultivate (personal qualities) / (of forests etc) to support / to provide a suitable environment for the replenishment of (natural resources: groundwater, animals, plants etc) syn 无烟 無煙 wú yān nonsmoking (e.g. environment) 倡议书 倡議書 chàng yì shū written proposal / document outlining an initiative 能动性 能動性 néng dòng xìng initiative / active role 生态环境 生態環境 shēng tài huán jìng ecosystem / natural environment 生活环境 shēng huó huán jìng living environment 社会环境 社會環境 shè huì huán jìng social environment / milieu 本地化 běn dì huà localization / adaptation (to foreign environment) 周围环境 周圍環境 zhōu wéi huán jìng one's surroundings / environment 生存环境 生存環境 shēng cún huán jìng habitat / living environment 调适 調適 tiáo shì to adapt (to an environment etc) / to make sth suitable / adaptation / adjustment / adaptive 水环境 水環境 shuǐ huán jìng aquatic environment 大气环境 大气環境 dài qì huán jìng atmospheric environment 海洋环境 海洋環境 hǎi yáng huán jìng marine environment 逆水行舟 nì shuǐ xíng zhōu lit. navigating a boat against the current (idiom) / fig. in a tough environment (one needs to work hard) syn 自作主张 自作主張 zì zuò zhǔ zhāng to think for oneself and act accordingly (idiom) / to act on one's own initiative syn 名利场 名利場 míng lì chǎng competitive environment where individuals vie for recognition and material gain 蜜罐 mì guàn honey pot / fig. comfortable living conditions / privileged environment 衣不蔽体 衣不蔽體 yī bù bì tǐ lit. clothes not covering the body (idiom) / fig. poverty-stricken syn 穷山恶水 窮山惡水 qióng shān è shuǐ lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom) / fig. inhospitable natural environment syn 专擅 專擅 zhuān shàn without authorization / to act on one's own initiative 人穷志短 人窮志短 rén qióng zhì duǎn poor and with low expectations / poverty stunts ambition 反裘负刍 反裘負芻 fǎn qiú fù chú lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom) / fig. to live a life of poverty and hard work / fig. to act stupidly 家贫如洗 家貧如洗 jiā pín rú xǐ extreme poverty (idiom) / destitute / penniless / poor as church mice 筚门闺窦 篳門閨竇 bì mén guī dòu wicker door, hole window (idiom) / fig. wretched hovel / living in poverty 荜门圭窦 蓽門圭竇 bì mén guī dòu wicker door, hole window (idiom) / fig. wretched hovel / living in poverty 衣单食薄 衣單食薄 yī dān shí bó thin coat, meager food (idiom) / life of wretched poverty / destitute 贫病交加 貧病交加 pín bìng jiāo jiā poverty compounded by ill health (idiom) syn 安贫乐道 安貧樂道 ān pín lè dào to be content with poverty and strive for virtue (idiom) syn 贫病交迫 貧病交迫 pín bìng jiāo pò beset by poverty and illness (idiom) syn 饭糗茹草 飯糗茹草 fàn qiǔ rú cǎo lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom) / fig. to live in abject poverty 雕楹碧槛 雕楹碧檻 diāo yíng bì kǎn carved pillar, jade doorsill (idiom) / heavily decorated environment 消除贫穷和壮大社区行动 消除貧窮和壯大社區行動 Poverty Eradication and Community Empowerment Initiative / PEACE Initiative 联合国全系统援助非洲特别倡议 聯合國全系統援助非洲特別倡議 United Nations System-wide Special Initiative for the Implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s / United Nations System-wide Special Initiative on Africa / United Nations Special Initiative for Africa 联合国非洲特别倡议 聯合國非洲特別倡議 United Nations System-wide Special Initiative for the Implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s / United Nations System-wide Special Initiative on Africa / United Nations Special Initiative for Africa 联合国环境规划署金融倡议 聯合國環境規劃署金融倡議 United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative / UNEP Finance Initiative 环境署金融倡议 環境署金融倡議 United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative / UNEP Finance Initiative 全球妇女环境大会 全球婦女環境大會 Global Women's Assembly on Environment: Women as the Voice for the Environment / Global Women's Assembly on Environment 笑贫不笑娼 笑貧不笑娼 xiào pín bù xiào chāng the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty / lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom) 站起来反贫穷 站起來反貧窮 zhàn qǐ lái fǎn pín qióng Stand Up Against Poverty, Stand Up for the Millennium Development Goals / Stand Up Against Poverty 贫穷和经济发展问题千年项目第1工作队 貧窮和經濟發展問題千年項目第1工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 1 on Poverty and Economic Development / Task Force 1 on Poverty and Economic Development 贫穷和经济发展问题第1工作队 貧窮和經濟發展問題第1工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 1 on Poverty and Economic Development / Task Force 1 on Poverty and Economic Development 贫穷深度比 貧窮深度比 poverty gap ratio / poverty gap index 贫穷深度指数 貧窮深度指數 poverty gap ratio / poverty gap index 赤贫妇女问题讨论会 赤貧婦女問題討論會 Seminar on Women in Extreme Poverty, Integration of Women's Concerns in National Development Planning / Seminar on Women in Extreme Poverty 减贫 減貧 jiǎn pín to reduce poverty / poverty reduction 消除贫穷战略倡议 消除貧窮戰略倡議 Poverty Strategies Initiative 贫穷—环境伙伴关系 pín qióng mdash;huan2 jìng huǒ bàn guān xì Poverty-Environment Partnership 贫穷-环境问题合作伙伴关系 Poverty-Environment Partnership 贫穷、人口、环境 貧窮、人口、環境 poverty, population, environment 贫穷与环境基金 貧窮與環境基金 Poverty-Environment Facility 贫穷和环境问题部长论坛 貧窮和環境問題部長論壇 Forum of Ministers on Poverty and Environment 贫穷与环境主流化 貧窮與環境主流化 poverty-environment mainstreaming 叁五计划 三五計劃 3 by 5 Initiative / Treat 3 Million by 2005 Initiative 加强优惠的重债穷国倡议 enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Debt Initiative / enhanced HIPC Initiative 公民动议 gōng mín dòng yì citizen initiative / initiative 追回被盗资产倡议 zhuī huí bèi dào zī chǎn chàng yì Stolen Assets Recovery Initiative / StAR Initiative 