荒漠 huāng mò desert / desolate wilderness / barren wasteland / vast and desolate syn 扶贫济困 扶貧濟困 fú pín jì kùn to help the poor / almsgiving for the needy / to assist poor households or poor regions syn 贫下中农 貧下中農 pín xià zhōng nóng (category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants) 小城镇利贫水和废水综合管理项目 Integrated Pro-poor Water and Wastewater Management in Small Towns / Pro-poor Water and Wastewater Management in Small Towns 穷人 窮人 qióng rén poor people / the poor syn 人穷志不穷 人窮志不窮 rén qióng zhì bù qióng (idiom) poor but with great ambitions / poor but principled 寂寥 jì liáo (literary) quiet and desolate / lonely / vast and empty syn 鸟不拉屎，鸡不生蛋 鳥不拉屎，雞不生蛋 niǎo bù lā shǐ , jī bù shēng dàn lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom) / fig. god-forsaken / remote and desolate 鸟不生蛋，狗不拉屎 鳥不生蛋，狗不拉屎 niǎo bù shēng dàn , gǒu bù lā shǐ lit. (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate (idiom) / fig. god-forsaken / remote and desolate 冷清 lěng qīng cold and cheerless / desolate / deserted syn 肃杀 肅殺 sù shā austere / stern / harsh / somber and desolate (autumn or winter) 穷乡僻壤 窮鄉僻壤 qióng xiāng pì rǎng a remote and desolate place syn 冷寂 lěng jì cold and desolate / lonely syn 荒无人烟 荒無人煙 huāng wú rén yān desolate and uninhabited (idiom) syn 冷冷清清 lěng lěng qīng qīng deserted / desolate / unfrequented / cold and cheerless / lonely / in quiet isolation syn 冷清清 lěng qīng qīng deserted / desolate / unfrequented / cold and cheerless / lonely / in quiet isolation syn 凄寒 qī hán cold and desolate 荒寒 huāng hán desolate and cold / frozen wastes 荒烟蔓草 荒煙蔓草 huāng yān màn cǎo lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds / desolate (idiom) 离索 離索 lí suǒ (literary) desolate and lonely 山陬海澨 shān zōu - hǎi shì (idiom) remote and desolate area 空寂 kōng jì empty and silent / desolate 凄凉 淒涼 qī liáng desolate (place) syn 冷落 lěng luò desolate / unfrequented / to treat sb coldly / to snub / to cold shoulder syn 孤寂 gū jì lonesome / desolate syn 偏僻 piān pì remote / desolate / far from the city syn 落寞 luò mò lonely / desolate syn 荒凉 荒涼 huāng liáng desolate syn 萧条 蕭條 xiāo tiáo bleak / desolate / (economics) in a slump / sluggish / depressed syn 苍凉 蒼涼 cāng liáng desolate / bleak syn 萧瑟 蕭瑟 xiāo sè to rustle in the air / to rustle / to sough / bleak / desolate / chilly syn 萧然 蕭然 xiāo rán desolate / empty 荒郊 huāng jiāo desolate area outside a town syn 萧索 蕭索 xiāo suǒ bleak / desolate / melancholy syn 荒僻 huāng pì desolate / deserted / out-of-the-way syn 空落落 kōng luò luò empty / desolate syn 枯寂 kū jì bleak / desolate / devoid of liveliness syn 荒 huāng desolate / shortage / scarce / out of practice / absurd / uncultivated / to neglect syn 萧 蕭 xiāo (old) Chinese mugwort / (bound form) desolate / dreary 茕 煢 qióng alone / desolate 柳啼花怨 liǔ tí huā yuàn desolate 人烟稀少 人煙稀少 rén yān xī shǎo no sign of human habitation (idiom) / desolate syn 凄哀 悽哀 qī āi desolate / mournful 凉凉 涼涼 liáng liáng slightly cold / cool / (neologism) (slang) to be done for / about to be obliterated / (of a place or a person) desolate 除暴安良 chú bào ān liáng to root out the strong and give people peace (idiom) / to rob the rich and give to the poor syn 锄强扶弱 鋤強扶弱 chú qiáng fú ruò to root out the strong and support the weak (idiom) / to rob the rich and give to the poor syn 亲疏贵贱 親疏貴賤 qīn shū guì jiàn close and distant, rich and poor (idiom) / everyone / all possible relations 穷当益坚，老当益壮 窮當益堅，老當益壯 qióng dāng yì jiān , lǎo dāng yì zhuàng poor but ambition, old but vigorous (idiom) / robust and determined to hold one's position despite poverty and old age 红五类 紅五類 hóng wǔ lèi the “five red categories” (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. poor and lower-middle peasants, workers, revolutionary soldiers, revolutionary cadres, and revolutionary martyrs 幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 贫富 貧富 pín fù poor and rich 贫富差距 貧富差距 pín fù chā jù disparity between rich and poor 贫贱 貧賤 pín jiàn poor and lowly syn 标准普尔 標準普爾 biāo zhǔn pǔ ěr Standard and Poor's (S&P), company specializing in financial market ratings / S&P financial index 清苦 qīng kǔ destitute but honest / poor and simple / spartan / austere syn 富农 富農 fù nóng rich peasant / social class of people farming their own land, intermediate between land-owner class 地主[di4 zhu3] and poor peasant 貧農|贫农[pin2 nong2] 寒门 寒門 hán mén poor and humble family / my family (humble) syn 清寒 淸寒 qīng hán poor / underprivileged / (of weather) crisp and clear syn 贫弱 貧弱 pín ruò poor and feeble syn 穷 窮 qióng poor / destitute / to use up / to exhaust / thoroughly / extremely / (coll.) persistently and pointlessly syn 人穷志短 人窮志短 rén qióng zhì duǎn poor and with low expectations / poverty stunts ambition 安富恤穷 安富恤窮 ān fù xù qióng to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom) 安富恤贫 安富恤貧 ān fù xù pín to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom) 扶弱抑强 扶弱抑強 fú ruò yì qiáng to support the weak and restrain the strong (idiom) / robbing the rich to help the poor 裒多益寡 póu duō yì guǎ to take from the rich and give to the poor (idiom) 买椟还珠 買櫝還珠 mǎi dú huán zhū to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside / to show poor judgment (idiom) syn 守拙 shǒu zhuō to remain honest and poor 标普 標普 biāo pǔ Standard and Poor (share index) / abbr. for 標準普爾|标准普尔[Biao1 zhun3 Pu3 er3] 破瓦寒窑 破瓦寒窯 pò wǎ hán yáo lit. broken tiles, cold hearth / fig. a broken-down house / poor and shabby dwelling syn 访贫问苦 訪貧問苦 fǎng pín wèn kǔ to visit the poor and ask about their suffering (idiom) 扩充调整金－重债穷国信托基金 擴充調整金－重債窮國信托基金 Trust for Special ESAF Operations for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries and Interim ESAF Subsidy Operations / ESAF-HIPC Trust 亚太赤贫者信贷与储蓄网 亞太赤貧者信貸與儲蓄網 Network for Credit and Savings for the Hardcore Poor in Asia-Pacific 孤寒 gū hán alone and poor / humble / (Cantonese) miserly 矮丑穷 矮醜窮 ǎi chǒu qióng (Internet slang) (of a man) unmarriageable (lit. short, ugly and poor) / opposite: 高富帥|高富帅[gao1 fu4 shuai4] 嫌贫爱富 嫌貧愛富 xián pín ài fù to favor the rich and disdain the poor (idiom) / snobbish 穷家薄业 窮家薄業 qióng jiā bó yè lit. poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom) / fig. destitute 垃圾 lā jī trash / refuse / garbage / (coll.) of poor quality / Taiwan pr. [le4 se4] syn 恶劣 惡劣 è liè vile / nasty / of very poor quality syn 扶贫 扶貧 fú pín assistance to the poor / poverty alleviation syn 贫穷 貧窮 pín qióng poor / impoverished syn 虚弱 虛弱 xū ruò weak / in poor health syn 较差 較差 jiào chà mediocre / rather poor / not specially good 涂鸦 塗鴉 tú yā graffiti / scrawl / poor calligraphy / to write badly / to scribble syn 劣质 劣質 liè zhì shoddy / of poor quality syn 长空 長空 cháng kōng (literary) the vast sky / (finance) eventual downturn / poor prospects in the long term syn 背光 bèi guāng to be in a poor light / to do sth with one's back to the light / to stand in one's own light syn 低档 低檔 dī dàng low-grade / of low worth or rank / poor quality / inferior syn 贫困地区 貧困地區 pín kùn dì qū poor region / impoverished area 施舍 施捨 shī shě to give in charity / to give alms (to the poor) syn 窘迫 jiǒng pò poverty-stricken / very poor / hard-pressed / in a predicament / embarrassed syn 贫道 貧道 pín dào poor Taoist syn 低俗 dī sú vulgar / poor taste syn 贫瘠 貧瘠 pín jí barren / infertile / poor syn 贫寒 貧寒 pín hán poor / poverty-stricken / impoverished syn 贫苦 貧苦 pín kǔ poverty-stricken / poor syn 俗气 俗氣 sú qì tacky / inelegant / in poor taste / vulgar / banal syn 差事 chà shì poor / not up to standard syn 贫民 貧民 pín mín poor people syn 