穷家薄业 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. poor and with few means of subsistance
• fig. destitute

Character by character

• 穷qióngpoor, destitute; to exhaust
• 家jiāhouse, home, residence; family
• 薄bóthin, slight; meager, weak; poor, stingy
• 业yèbusiness, profession; to study, to work

Idioms sharing a character

• 国弱民穷 guó ruò mín qióng
• 图穷匕见 tú qióng bǐ xiàn
• 安富恤穷 ān fù xù qióng
• 层出不穷 céng chū bù qióng
• 山穷水尽 shān qióng shuǐ jìn
• 后患无穷 hòu huàn wú qióng
• 日暮途穷 rì mù tú qióng
• 民穷财尽 mín qióng cái jìn
• 无穷无尽 wú qióng wú jìn
• 理屈词穷 lǐ qū cí qióng

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