垃圾 lā jī trash / refuse / garbage / (coll.) of poor quality / Taiwan pr. [le4 se4] syn 穷人 窮人 qióng rén poor people / the poor syn 虚弱 虛弱 xū ruò weak / in poor health syn 恶劣 惡劣 è liè vile / nasty / of very poor quality syn 贫穷 貧窮 pín qióng poor / impoverished syn 涂鸦 塗鴉 tú yā graffiti / scrawl / poor calligraphy / to write badly / to scribble syn 施舍 施捨 shī shě to give in charity / to give alms (to the poor) syn 俗气 俗氣 sú qì tacky / inelegant / in poor taste / vulgar / banal syn 低俗 dī sú vulgar / poor taste syn 劣质 劣質 liè zhì shoddy / of poor quality syn 贫民 貧民 pín mín poor people 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 劣等 liè děng poor-quality / inferior syn 低档 低檔 dī dàng low-grade / of low worth or rank / poor quality / inferior syn 稀松 稀鬆 xī sōng poor / sloppy / unconcerned / heedless / lax / unimportant / trivial / loose / porous syn 贫富 貧富 pín fù poor and rich 贫苦 貧苦 pín kǔ poverty-stricken / poor syn 贫瘠 貧瘠 pín jí barren / infertile / poor syn 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 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 贫寒 貧寒 pín hán poor / poverty-stricken / impoverished syn 长空 長空 cháng kōng (literary) the vast sky / (finance) eventual downturn / poor prospects in the long term syn 清贫 清貧 qīng pín poor but upright / destitute syn 见笑 見笑 jiàn xiào to mock / to be ridiculed / to incur ridicule through one's poor performance (humble) syn 贫贱 貧賤 pín jiàn poor and lowly syn 家徒四壁 jiā tú sì bì lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom) / fig. very poor / wretched syn 穷国 窮國 qióng guó poor country 哭穷 哭窮 kū qióng to bewail one's poverty / to complain about being hard up / to pretend to be poor 抱病 bào bìng to be ill / to be in poor health syn 贫农 貧農 pín nóng poor peasant 扶贫 扶貧 fú pín assistance to the poor / poverty alleviation syn 较差 較差 jiào chà mediocre / rather poor / not specially good 贫富差距 貧富差距 pín fù chā jù disparity between rich and poor 贫道 貧道 pín dào poor Taoist syn 差事 chà shì poor / not up to standard syn 贫僧 貧僧 pín sēng poor monk (humble term used by monk of himself) 差评 差評 chà píng poor evaluation / adverse criticism 党参 黨參 dǎng shēn poor man's ginseng (Codonopsis pilosula) / codonopsis root (used in TCM) 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 虚火 虛火 xū huǒ excess of internal heat due to poor general condition (TCM) / the prestige of another person, which one borrows for oneself syn 清苦 qīng kǔ destitute but honest / poor and simple / spartan / austere syn 倒霉蛋 dǎo méi dàn (coll.) poor devil / unfortunate man 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 济贫 濟貧 jì pín to help the poor syn 清寒 淸寒 qīng hán poor / underprivileged / (of weather) crisp and clear 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) 柴门 柴門 chái mén lit. woodcutter's family / humble background / poor family background 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 贫弱 貧弱 pín ruò poor and feeble syn 菜 cài vegetable / greens (CL:棵[ke1]) / dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2]) / (of one's skills etc) weak / poor / (coll.) (one's) type syn 菲 fěi poor / humble / unworthy / radish (old) syn 穷 窮 qióng poor / destitute / to use up / to exhaust / thoroughly / extremely / (coll.) persistently and pointlessly syn 寒 hán cold / poor / to tremble syn 贫 貧 pín poor / inadequate / deficient / garrulous syn 敝 bì my (polite) / poor / ruined / shabby / worn out / defeated syn 歉收 qiàn shōu crop failure / poor harvest 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 窝工 窩工 wō gōng (of workers) to have no work to do / to be underutilized (due to lack of supplies, poor organization by management etc) 窭 窶 jù poor / rustic 眊 mào having poor eyesight 带 帶 dài band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL:條|条[tiao2] / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise syn 区 區 qū area / region / district / small / distinguish / CL:個|个[ge4] 地区 地區 dì qū local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 区域 區域 qū yù area / region / district 老家 lǎo jiā native place / place of origin / home state or region syn 香港 xiāng gǎng Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC (abbr. to 港[Gang3]) 中部 zhōng bù middle part / central section / central region syn 特区 特區 tè qū special administrative region / abbr. for 特別行政區|特别行政区 一带 一帶 yī dài region / area syn 出境 chū jìng to leave a country or region / outbound (tourism) syn 首府 shǒu fǔ capital city of an autonomous region syn 辖区 轄區 xiá qū administrative region syn 禁区 禁區 jìn qū restricted area / forbidden region 地域 dì yù area / district / region syn 山地 shān dì mountainous region / hilly area / hilly country 洛林 luò lín Lorraine (region in France) 澳门 澳門 ào mén Macao or Macau, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC (abbr. to 澳[Ao4]) 那不勒斯 nà bù lè sī Napoli, capital of Campania region of Italy / Naples 极地 極地 jí dì polar region 林区 林區 lín qū region of forest 关东 關東 guān dōng Northeast China / Manchuria / lit. east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关[Shan1 hai3 guan1] / Kantō region of Japan 聚居 jù jū to inhabit a region (esp. ethnic group) / to congregate syn 灾区 災區 zāi qū disaster area / stricken region 中南部 zhōng nán bù south central region 沿线 沿線 yán xiàn along the line (e.g. railway) / the region near the line 自治区 自治區 zì zhì qū autonomous region, namely: Inner Mongolia 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区[Nei4 meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 qu1], Guangxi 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1], Tibet 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1], Ningxia 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1], Xinjiang 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区[Xin1 jiang1 Wei2 wu2 er3 Zi4 zhi4 qu1] 边疆 邊疆 biān jiāng border area / borderland / frontier / frontier region syn 山沟 山溝 shān gōu valley / gully / mountain region syn 关西 關西 guān xī Kansai region, Japan / Guanxi or Kuanhsi town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan 专区 專區 zhuān qū area established for a designated purpose / (PRC subprovincial administrative region 1949-1975) prefecture 肩胛 jiān jiǎ shoulder / scapular region / scapula syn 经济体 經濟體 jīng jì tǐ an economy / a country (or region etc) viewed as an economic entity 一方 yī fāng a party (in a contract or legal case) / one side / area / region 丹田 dān tián pubic region / point two inches below the navel where one's qi resides 民风 民風 mín fēng popular customs / folkways / the character of the people of a nation (or region etc) 鲁尔 魯爾 lǔ ěr Ruhrgebiet or Ruhr region, Germany 拉齐奥 拉齊奧 lā qí ào Lazio (region in Italy) 