民窮財盡 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
窮 qióng poor, destitute, impoverished
財 cái wealth, valuables, riches
盡 jìn exhaust, use up; deplete