民穷财尽

Traditional: 民窮財盡

mín qióng cái jìn

Dictionary entry

the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom); to drive the nation to bankruptcy

What does 民穷财尽 mean?

民穷财尽 (mín qióng cái jìn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom); to drive the nation to bankruptcy

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民Mínsurname Min 穷qióngpoor · destitute 财cáimoney · wealth 尽jǐnto the greatest extent · (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme

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民穷财尽

mín qióng cái jìn

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