not shaken by poverty; to preserve one's ambitions although destitute
贫苦貧苦pin2 ku3
poverty-stricken; poor
贫矿貧礦pin2 kuang4
low grade ore
贫困貧困pin2 kun4
impoverished; poverty
贫困地区貧困地區pin2 kun4 di4 qu1
poor region; impoverished area
贫困率貧困率pin2 kun4 lv4
poverty rate
贫民貧民pin2 min2
poor people
贫民窟貧民窟pin2 min2 ku1
slum housing
贫民区貧民區pin2 min2 qu1
slum area; ghetto
贫农貧農pin2 nong2
poor peasant
贫气貧氣pin2 qi4
mean; stingy; garrulous
贫腔貧腔pin2 qiang1
verbose; garrulous
贫穷貧窮pin2 qiong2
poor; impoverished
贫穷潦倒貧窮潦倒pin2 qiong2 liao2 dao3
poverty stricken
贫弱貧弱pin2 ruo4
poor and feeble
贫僧貧僧pin2 seng1
poor monk (humble term used by monk of himself)
贫无立锥貧無立錐pin2 wu2 li4 zhui1
not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom); absolutely destitute
贫无立锥之地貧無立錐之地pin2 wu2 li4 zhui1 zhi1 di4
not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom); absolutely destitute
贫下中农貧下中農pin2 xia4 zhong1 nong2
(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)
(coll.) to wag one's tongue; to indulge in idle gossip and silly jokes; to chatter endlessly; to speak glibly
脱贫脫貧tuo1 pin2
to lift oneself out of poverty
脱贫致富脫貧致富tuo1 pin2 zhi4 fu4
to rise from poverty and become prosperous (idiom); poverty alleviation
嫌贫爱富嫌貧愛富xian2 pin2 ai4 fu4
to favor the rich and disdain the poor (idiom); snobbish
笑贫不笑娼笑貧不笑娼xiao4 pin2 bu4 xiao4 chang1
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)