穷困潦倒
qióngkùn-liáodǎoTraditional 窮困潦倒
destitute and down on one's luck
Every meaning
qióngkùn-liáodǎo
- destitute and down on one's luck
Its characters
- 穷qióngpoor; impoverished
- 困kùnsleepy
- 潦liáocareless; sloppy (as in 潦草)
- 倒dǎoto fall; to topple
Words with 穷
- 贫穷pínqióngpoor
- 无穷wúqióngendless
- 层出不穷céngchū-bùqióngto emerge one after another
- 无穷无尽wúqióng-wújìnendless
- 回味无穷huíwèi-wúqióngto leave an aftertaste that lingers
- 一穷二白yìqióng-èrbáipoor and blank (economically and culturally backward)
- 穷山恶水qióngshān-èshuǐbarren hills and wild rivers
- 穷途末路qióngtú-mòlùat the end of one's rope
Words with 困
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.