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poor / destitute / to use up / to exhaust / thoroughly / extremely / (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
HSK 4
endless / boundless / inexhaustible
HSK 7-9
poor / impoverished
HSK 7-9
more and more emerge / innumerable succession / breeding like flies (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to have a rich aftertaste / (fig.) memorable; to linger in one's memory
extraordinary strength / super strong / strong as an ox
(idiom) there will be no end of trouble in the future
to bewail one's poverty / to complain about being hard up / to pretend to be poor
exhaustible / limited / finite
to not know what to say; to be lost for words
poor
lit. having presented a flawed argument, one has nothing further to add (idiom) / fig. unable to provide a convincing argument to support one's position / to not have a leg to stand on
to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)
sunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline / at a dead end
to endure poverty stoically
boundless joy
(idiom) poor but with great ambitions; poor but principled
to sew and mend clothes for a pittance
boundless joy
to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom)
to have disastrous consequences
help the starving but not the poor (idiom)
endless / boundless / inexhaustible
the country weakened and the people empoverished (idiom)
Song Renqiong (1909-2005), general of the People's Liberation Army
(idiom) if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue
(Internet slang) (of a man) unmarriageable (lit. short, ugly and poor) / opposite: 高富帥|高富帅
to take refuge with a rich relative
to have disastrous consequences / also written 貽害無窮|贻害无穷


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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