贫病交迫 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• beset by poverty and illness

Character by character

• 贫pínpoor, needy, impoverished; lacking
• 病bìngsickness, illness, disease
• 交jiāoto connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect;
• 迫pòto compel, to force; pressing, urgent

Idioms sharing a character

• 一贫如洗 yī pín rú xǐ
• 劫富济贫 jié fù jì pín
• 嫌贫爱富 xián pín ài fù
• 安富恤贫 ān fù xù pín
• 安贫乐道 ān pín lè dào
• 家贫如洗 jiā pín rú xǐ
• 打富济贫 dǎ fù jì pín
• 脱贫致富 tuō pín zhì fù
• 访贫问苦 fǎng pín wèn kǔ
• 贫无立锥 pín wú lì zhuī

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