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人穷志短
人窮志短
rénqióngzhìduǎn
1. poor and with low expectations
2. poverty stunts ambition

Character Breakdown

人
rén
man, person; people
HSK 1 2 丶
穷
qióng
poor, destitute; to exhaust
HSK 4 7 丶
志
zhì
determination, will; mark, sign; to record, to write
HSK 4 7 丶
短
duǎn
brief, short; deficient, lacking
HSK 3 12 丶

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