民窮財盡 mín qióng cái jìn

people very poor; national funds 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
窮 qióng
poor; destitute; thoroughly
財 cái
wealth; money; property
盡 jìn
entirely; all; to the utmost