穷则思变

Traditional: 窮則思變

qióng zé sī biàn

Dictionary entry

(idiom) when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach

What does 穷则思变 mean?

穷则思变 (qióng zé sī biàn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(idiom) when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach

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穷qióngpoor · destitute 则zé(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then · (bound form) standard; norm 思sīto think · to consider 变biànto change · to become different

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穷则思变

qióng zé sī biàn

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