民穷财尽 mín qióng cái jìn

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

民 mín
HSK 4
people, subjects, citizens
穷 qióng
HSK 4
poor, destitute, impoverished
财 cái
HSK 5
wealth, valuables, riches
尽 jìn
HSK 4
exhaust, use up; deplete