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simp穷困潦倒

kung4 kwan3 lou5 dou2inferredqióng kùn liáo dǎo

English

(idiom) to live in poverty and despair; down and out; destitute and without hope

Examples

他年轻的时候穷困潦倒。
He was terribly poor when he was young.
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