"extreme poverty" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
家贫如洗 家貧如洗 jiā pín rú xǐ extreme poverty (idiom) / destitute / penniless / poor as church mice
极端贫穷 jí duān pín qióng extreme poverty
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
also / too / as well / (not ...) either / (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X) / (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5] syn
激烈 jī liè (of competition or fighting) intense / fierce / (of pain) acute / (of an expression of opinion) impassioned / vehement / (of a course of action) drastic / extreme syn
极端 極端 jí duān extreme syn
极限 極限 jí xiàn limit / extreme boundary syn
心碎 xīn suì heartbroken / extreme depth of sorrow syn
激进 激進 jī jìn radical / extreme / extremist syn
偏执 偏執 piān zhí extreme and inflexible / fixated / stubborn in clinging to a notion / (psychology) paranoid syn
贫困 貧困 pín kùn impoverished / poverty syn
极品 極品 jí pǐn best quality / item of the highest quality / (slang) outrageous / annoying in the extreme / gross / person with these qualities syn
过激 過激 guò jī drastic / extreme / aggressive syn
极点 極點 jí diǎn extreme point / pole / the origin (in polar coordinates) 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
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
淋漓尽致 淋漓盡致 lín lí jìn zhì lit. extreme saturation (idiom) / fig. vividly and thoroughly / in great detail / without restraint / (of a performance) brilliant syn
吐血 tù xiě to cough up blood / (coll.) (used figuratively to indicate an extreme degree of anger or frustration etc) syn
偏激 piān jī extreme (usu. of thoughts, speech, circumstances) syn
奋勇 奮勇 fèn yǒng dauntless / to summon up courage and determination / using extreme force of will syn
仁至义尽 仁至義盡 rén zhì yì jìn extreme benevolence, utmost duty (idiom) / meticulous virtue and attention to duty syn
咬牙切齿 咬牙切齒 yǎo yá qiè chǐ gnashing one's teeth (idiom) / displaying extreme anger / fuming with rage between gritted teeth 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
血泪 血淚 xuè lèi tears of blood (symbol of extreme suffering) / blood and tears
卓绝 卓絕 zhuó jué unsurpassed / extreme / extraordinary syn
淋漓 lín lí dripping wet / pouring / saturated / (fig.) uninhibited / fluid / emotionally unrestrained / extreme syn
贫寒 貧寒 pín hán poor / poverty-stricken / impoverished syn
恶贯满盈 惡貫滿盈 è guàn mǎn yíng lit. strung through and filled with evil (idiom) / filled with extreme evil / replete with vice / guilty of monstrous crimes syn
赤贫 赤貧 chì pín poverty-stricken syn
困顿 困頓 kùn dùn fatigued / exhausted / poverty-stricken / in straitened circumstances syn
燃眉之急 rán méi zhī jí lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom) / fig. desperate situation / extreme emergency syn
奇缺 qí quē very short of (food, clean water etc) / extreme shortage / deficit
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
极乐 極樂 jí lè bliss / extreme happiness
脱贫 脫貧 tuō pín to lift oneself out of poverty
极限运动 極限運動 jí xiàn yùn dòng extreme sport
脱贫致富 脫貧致富 tuō pín zhì fù to rise from poverty and become prosperous (idiom) / poverty alleviation syn
精雕细刻 精雕細刻 jīng diāo xì kè lit. fine sculpting (idiom) / fig. to work with extreme care and precision syn
否极泰来 否極泰來 pǐ jí tài lái extreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom) syn
涂炭 塗炭 tú tàn extreme distress / in utter misery
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
刀山火海 dāo shān huǒ hǎi lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames / fig. extreme danger (idiom) syn
jǐn to the greatest extent / (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme / to be within the limits of / to give priority to syn
洁癖 潔癖 jié pǐ mysophobia / obsession with cleanliness / extreme fastidiousness
食不果腹 shí bù guǒ fù lit. food not filling the stomach (idiom) / fig. poverty-stricken syn
火烧眉毛 火燒眉毛 huǒ shāo méi mao lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom) / fig. desperate situation / extreme emergency syn
无以复加 無以復加 wú yǐ fù jiā in the extreme (idiom) / incapable of further increase syn
物极必反 物極必反 wù jí bì fǎn when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction (idiom)
乐极生悲 樂極生悲 lè jí shēng bēi extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom) / Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong! syn
衣不蔽体 衣不蔽體 yī bù bì tǐ lit. clothes not covering the body (idiom) / fig. poverty-stricken syn
极右翼 極右翼 jí yòu yì extreme right (politics)
切齿腐心 切齒腐心 qiè chǐ fǔ xīn to detest sth or sb to the utmost extreme (idiom)
杜鹃啼血 杜鵑啼血 dù juān tí xuè lit. the cuckoo, after its tears are exhausted, continues by weeping blood (idiom) / fig. extreme grief
殊深轸念 殊深軫念 shū shēn zhěn niàn extreme solicitude (idiom) / expressing the deepest condolences / to feel deeply concerned
穷奢极侈 窮奢極侈 qióng shē jí chǐ extravagant in the extreme (idiom) syn
穷奢极欲 窮奢極欲 qióng shē jí yù to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom) / extreme extravagance
风雨晦冥 風雨晦冥 fēng yǔ huì míng conditions of extreme adversity (idiom)
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
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
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
人权和赤贫宣言草桉 人權和赤貧宣言草案 draft declaration on human rights and extreme poverty
人权与赤贫问题独立专家 人權與赤貧問題獨立專家 Independent expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty
人权与赤贫问题特别报告员 人權與赤貧問題特別報告員 Special Rapporteur on human rights and extreme poverty
克服极度贫困世界日 克服極度貧困世界日 World Day for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
极端贫困和剥夺人权问题讨论会 極端貧困和剝奪人權問題討論會 Seminar on extreme poverty and the denial of human rights
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
减贫 減貧 jiǎn pín to reduce poverty / poverty reduction
luxuriant growth / extreme / reach
勒庞 勒龐 lè páng Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928-), French Front National extreme right-wing politician
怒恨 nù hèn extreme hatred / animosity / spite
极北 極北 jí běi extreme north
极南 極南 jí nán extreme south
极右分子 極右份子 jí yòu fèn zǐ an extreme right-winger
磊落大方 lěi luò dà fāng to be generous in the extreme (idiom)
精彫細刻 jīng diāo xì kè lit. fine sculpting (idiom) / fig. to work with extreme care and precision / also written 精雕細刻|精雕细刻
终傅 終傅 zhōng fù (Catholicism) extreme unction (the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick)
极端气候事件 極端氣候事件 jí duān qì hòu shì jiàn extreme weather event
远紫外线 遠紫外線 yuàn zǐ wài xiàn extreme ultraviolet
极端现象农业气象工作组 极端現象農業气象工作組 jí duān xiàn xiàng nóng yè qì xiàng gōng zuò zǔ Working Group on Agrometeorology Related to Extreme Events
环境条件因素 環境條件因素 huán jìng tiáo jiàn yīn sù extreme environmental factor / environmental conditions factor
极度低氧区 極度低氧區 extreme oxygen minimum zone / dysaerobic basin
重者 zhòng zhě more serious case / in extreme cases syn
爆表 bào biǎo off the charts / extreme / beyond the normal range of measurement
疲惫不堪 疲憊不堪 pí bèi bù kān exhausted / fatigued to the extreme syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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