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民穷财尽

mínqióngcáijìn

Traditional: 民窮財盡

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

Character Breakdown

民
mín
citizens, subjects; a nation's people
HSK 4
穷
qióng
poor, destitute; to exhaust
HSK 4
财
cái
riches, wealth, valuables
HSK 5
尽
jǐn
to exhaust, to use up, to deplete
HSK 4

Additional Information

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