穷困潦倒窮困潦倒

qióng kùn liáo dǎo

Meaning

(idiom) to live in poverty and despair; down and out; destitute and without hope

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Characters

穷qióngpoor, destitute; to exhaust穴力困kùnto surround; to besiege; surrounded, in distress; poor; tired, sleepy囗木潦lǎoto flood; puddle; dejected, careless氵尞倒dàoto collapse, to fall over; to lie down亻到

Examples

他年轻的时候穷困潦倒。

tā nián qīng de shí hou qióng kùn liáo dǎo。

He was terribly poor when he was young.