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Definition(s) for: 人穷志短

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
人穷志短 rén qióng zhì duǎn - poor and with low expectations
- poverty stunts ambition

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
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Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
rén- person; people
- CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
qióng- poor
- destitute
- to use up
- to exhaust
- thoroughly
- extremely
- (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
zhì- aspiration
- ambition
- the will
zhì- sign
- mark
- to record
- to write a footnote
duǎn- short
- brief
- to lack
- weak point
- fault

Other Words Containing 人穷志短

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo