该死 該死 gāi sǐ Damn it! / damned / wretched syn 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 猥琐 猥瑣 wěi suǒ wretched (esp. appearance) / vulgar 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 累累 lèi lèi tired / exhausted / wretched / dejected / disappointed syn 瘪三 癟三 biē sān (Wu dialect) bum / wretched-looking tramp who lives by begging or stealing syn 窘迫 jiǒng pò poverty-stricken / very poor / hard-pressed / in a predicament / embarrassed syn 晦气 晦氣 huì qì bad luck / unlucky / calamitous / wretched 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 赤贫 赤貧 chì pín poverty-stricken syn 家徒四壁 jiā tú sì bì lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom) / fig. very poor / wretched 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 凄楚 qī chǔ sad / wretched / miserable 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 惨 慘 cǎn miserable / wretched / cruel / inhuman / disastrous / tragic / dim / gloomy syn 度日如年 dù rì rú nián a day drags past like a year (idiom) / time hangs heavy / time crawls when one is wretched syn 食不果腹 shí bù guǒ fù lit. food not filling the stomach (idiom) / fig. poverty-stricken syn 惨境 慘境 cǎn jìng wretched situation syn 狈 狽 bèi a legendary wolf / distressed / wretched 衣不蔽体 衣不蔽體 yī bù bì tǐ lit. clothes not covering the body (idiom) / fig. poverty-stricken syn 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 哀莫大于心死 哀莫大於心死 āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices / the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart / nothing is more wretched than apathy 风雨凄凄 風雨淒淒 fēng yǔ qī qī wretched wind and rain syn 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 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 苦情 kǔ qíng wretched situation / plight / wretched / miserable 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 佌 cǐ petty / wretched 惨景 慘景 cǎn jǐng wretched sight 穷愁潦倒 窮愁潦倒 qióng chóu liáo dǎo impoverished and dejected / wretched and penniless 脱离苦海 脫離苦海 tuō lí kǔ hǎi to escape from the abyss of suffering / to shed off a wretched plight 苦况 苦況 kǔ kuàng wretched state / miserable plight 苦趣 kǔ qù wretched feelings (opposite: 樂趣|乐趣, delight) 穷酸相 窮酸相 qióng suān xiàng wretched look / shabby looks 可怜兮兮 可憐兮兮 kě lián xī xī miserable / wretched 天杀的 天殺的 tiān shā de Goddam! / goddamn / wretched 苦逼 kǔ bī (coll.) miserable / wretched 以工代赈 以工代賑 yǐ gōng dài zhèn to provide work to relieve poverty 倥偬 倥傯 kǒng zǒng pressing / urgent / poverty-stricken / destitute syn 勤劳不虞匮乏 勤勞不虞匱乏 qín láo bù yú kuì fá Poverty is a stranger to industry. (idiom) 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 脫贫 脱貧 tuō pín to escape poverty 苦根 kǔ gēn underlying cause of poverty 装穷叫苦 裝窮叫苦 zhuāng qióng jiào kǔ to feign and complain bitterly of being poverty stricken (idiom) 装酸哭穷 裝酸哭窮 zhuāng suān kū qióng to dress poorly an plead poverty (even though rich) (idiom) 贫困率 貧困率 pín kùn lǜ poverty rate 贫穷潦倒 貧窮潦倒 pín qióng liáo dǎo destitute / poverty-stricken 贫贱不能移 貧賤不能移 pín jiàn bù néng yí not shaken by poverty / to preserve one's ambitions although destitute 里约贫穷统计小组 Rio Group on Poverty Statistics 社会发展和消除贫穷司 Social Development and Poverty Elimination Division 联合国消除贫穷十年 lián hé guó xiāo chú pín qióng shí nián United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty 关于就业和消除贫穷的行动计划 Plan of Action for promotion of employment and poverty alleviation 采取行动战胜饥饿和贫穷 Action against Hunger and Poverty 性别、贫穷与安康 性別、貧窮與安康 Gender, Poverty and Well-being 绘制贫穷图 huì zhì pín qióng tú poverty mapping 世界城市扶贫联盟 shì jiè chéng shì fú pín lián méng World Alliance of Cities Against Poverty 决定贫穷程度 jué dìng pín qióng chéng duó absolute level of poverty 贫穷陷阱 pín qióng xiàn jǐng poverty trap 联合国贫穷问题行动计划 United Nations Plan of Action on Poverty 减轻贫穷和调整的社会代价方桉 減輕貧窮和調整的社會代價方案 Programme to Alleviate Poverty and the Social Cost of Adjustment 扶贫行动基金 Poverty Action Fund 华盛顿社会改革与贫困问题论坛 Washington Forum on Social Reform and Poverty 贫穷和社会影响分析 poverty and social impact analysis 贫困土着化 貧困土著化 indigenization of poverty 极端贫穷 jí duān pín qióng extreme poverty 加勒比消除贫穷问题部长级会议 Caribbean Ministerial Meeting on Poverty Eradication 非洲减缓贫穷与宏观经济改革项目 Poverty Alleviation and Macroeconomic Reforms in Africa Project 消除贫穷 xiāo chú pín qióng poverty eradication 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 绝对贫穷 jué duì pín qióng absolute poverty 脱贫活动 tuō pín huó dòng anti-poverty activities 消除贫穷和可持续生计方桉 消除貧窮和可持續生計方案 Poverty Elimination and Sustainable Livelihoods Programme 开发署非洲反贫抗饥信托基金 UNDP Trust Fund to Combat Poverty and Hunger in Africa 联合国机构间贫穷问题工作组 United Nations Interagency Working Group on Poverty Issues 贫穷监测 poverty monitoring 