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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary
- 贫寒 [pínhán]
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adjective
[书]
impoverished
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adjective
[书]
impoverished
Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary
- 贫寒 [pínhán]
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poor; poverty-stricken
- 贫寒人家
- an impoverished family
- 她家境贫寒，上不起学。
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poor; poverty-stricken
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 贫寒 [pínhán]
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形
贫穷寒微
- 出身贫寒。
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贫穷寒微
Examples
- 家境贫寒
- with one's family in straitened circumstances → 家境
- 贫寒人家
- an impoverished family → 贫寒
- 贫寒
- poor; poverty-stricken → 寒
- 出身贫寒的他很早就承担起家里的重担。 → 承
- 她家境贫寒，上不起学。 → 贫寒
- 出身贫寒的他总有低人一等的自卑感。 → 一等
- 他幼时家况贫寒, 吃了很多的苦, 现在生活终于有所好转。
- When he was a child, he had many hardships, due to the poor financial situation of his family, but now it is much better. → 家况
- 虽然张家家境贫寒, 却是前朝皇室遗族。
- Although Xiao Zhang's family is poor, they are descended from royalty. → 遗族
- 贫寒
- poverty-stricken → 寒
- 贫寒 → 寒
Collocations
- 十分贫寒
- very needy
- 家境贫寒
- a poor family
- 出身贫寒
- to come from a poor family
- 贫寒人家
- a needy family
- 贫寒学子
- a needy student
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