Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 贫


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Meaning

poor, inadequate, deficient, garrulous

Pronunciation

pín

Explanation

Top: to divide, part (... with the sword in 8 pieces), bottom: money

Mnemonic

If you have only a part of the money, you are poor.

Radicals

divide(To divide in eight parts with a swords .)
shell, money
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Vocabulary

贫农 pín nóng poor peasant
贫苦 pín kǔ poverty-stricken; poor
贫困 pín kùn impoverished; poverty
贫贱 pín jiàn poor and lowly
贫民窟 pín mín kū slum housing
笑贫不笑娼 xiào pín bù xiào chāng the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty; lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom)
贫穷潦倒 pín qióng liáo dǎo poverty stricken


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