贫贱 (貧賤)
pín jiàn
Pinyin

Definition

贫贱 (貧賤)
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pín jiàn
  1. poor and lowly

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

贫
pín
  1. 1 poor
  2. 2 inadequate
  3. 3 deficient
  4. 4 garrulous
贫困
pín kùn
  1. 1 impoverished
  2. 2 poverty
贫富
pín fù
  1. 1 poor and rich
贫穷
pín qióng
  1. 1 poor
  2. 2 impoverished
贫血
pín xuè
  1. 1 anemia

Idioms (17)

嫌贫爱富
xián pín ài fù
  1. 1 to favor the rich and disdain the poor (idiom)
  2. 2 snobbish
安富恤贫
ān fù xù pín
  1. 1 to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom)
安贫乐道
ān pín lè dào
  1. 1 to be content with poverty and strive for virtue (idiom)
家贫如洗
jiā pín rú xǐ
  1. 1 extreme poverty (idiom); destitute
  2. 2 penniless
  3. 3 poor as church mice
打富济贫
dǎ fù jì pín
  1. 1 to rob the rich to help the poor (idiom)

Sample Sentences

没错，虽然常常有人说“有情饮水饱”，不过在现实的婚姻生活中，更常见的是“贫贱夫妻百事哀”。
méicuò ，suīrán chángcháng yǒu rén shuō “yǒu qíng yǐn shuǐ bǎo ”，bùguò zài xiànshí de hūnyīn shēnghuó zhōng ，gèng chángjiàn de shì “pínjiàn fūqī bǎi shì āi ”。
That's right, although there is a Chinese expression which goes "When in Love, Even Plain Water Can Be a Filling Meal", in the everyday reality of married life, the more commonly seen situation is described by the phrase, "Everything goes wrong for a couple in poverty".
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