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 贫困地区 貧困地區 pín kùn dì qū poor region / impoverished area 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 努力 nǔ lì to make an effort / to try hard / to strive / hard-working / conscientious syn 停车 停車 tíng chē to pull up (stop one's vehicle) / to park / (of a machine) to stop working / to stall 业余 業餘 yè yú in one's spare time / outside working hours / amateur (historian etc) syn 休闲 休閒 xiū xián leisure / relaxation / not working / idle / to enjoy leisure / to lie fallow syn 失灵 失靈 shī líng out of order (of machine) / not working properly / a failing (of a system) syn 加工 jiā gōng to process / processing / working (of machinery) 轮班 輪班 lún bān shift working syn 女工 nǚ gōng working woman / variant of 女紅|女红[nu:3 gong1] 按部就班 àn bù jiù bān to follow the prescribed order / to keep to the working routine (idiom) syn 工作日 gōng zuò rì workday / working day / weekday 小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) 接班 jiē bān to take over (from those working the previous shift) / to take over (in a leadership role etc) / to succeed sb syn 不劳而获 不勞而獲 bù láo ér huò (idiom) to reap without sowing / to get sth without working for it / to sponge off others syn 工作组 工作組 gōng zuò zǔ work team / working group / task force 工人阶级 工人階級 gōng rén jiē jí working class syn 一把手 yī bǎ shǒu working hand / member of a work team / participant / the boss (short form of 第一把手[di4 yi1 ba3 shou3]) syn 工作队 工作隊 gōng zuò duì a working group / a task force 工序 gōng xù working procedure / process 误工 誤工 wù gōng to be late for or absent from work / to disrupt one's work / to cause a holdup in the work / loss of working time / a holdup syn 工作报告 工作報告 gōng zuò bào gào working report / operating report 工委 gōng wěi working committee 工作委员会 工作委員會 gōng zuò wěi yuán huì working committee 上班时间 上班時間 shàng bān shí jiān working hours / office hours 当机 當機 dàng jī to crash (of a computer) / to stop working / (loanword from English "down") 劳动人民 勞動人民 láo dòng rén mín working people / the workers of Socialist theory or of the glorious Chinese past 高就 gāo jiù to take up a prestigious position / (courteous) to work (as in 您在哪高就[nin2 zai4 na3 gao1jiu4] "where are you working?") 工作时间 工作時間 gōng zuò shí jiān working hours 工作面 gōng zuò miàn (mining) face (as in coalface 採煤工作面|采煤工作面[cai3mei2 gong1zuo4mian4]) / (machining) working surface (of a workpiece) syn 北漂 běi piāo to migrate to Beijing or Taipei in search of better job opportunities / migrant worker living and working in Beijing or Taipei without a residence permit 当掉 當掉 dàng diào to fail (a student) / to pawn / (of a computer or program) to crash / to stop working 周转金 週轉金 zhōu zhuǎn jīn revolving fund / working capital / petty cash / turnover 粉领 粉領 fěn lǐng pink collar / woman working in the service industry 齐心合力 齊心合力 qí xīn hé lì to work as one (idiom) / united in a concerted effort / working hard together syn 工作餐 gōng zuò cān working meal 劫富济贫 劫富濟貧 jié fù jì pín to rob the rich to help the poor syn 