民穷财尽 mín qióng cái jìn

people poor, resources used up

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
民 mín HSK 4
the people; citizen; nationality
穷 qióng HSK 4
poor; destitute; thoroughly
财 cái HSK 5
wealth; money; property
尽 jìn HSK 4
to the greatest extent; to be within the limits of