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穷人

qióng rén · qiong ren

Traditional 窮人

HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. poor people
  2. the poor
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2 examples
01

有(yǒu)钱(qián)人(rén)未(wèi)必(bì)比(bǐ)穷(qióng)人(rén)幸(xìng)福(fú)。

The rich are not always happier than the poor.

Tatoeba: Chinese by easononizuka · English by Zifre · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

只(zhǐ)有(yǒu)当(dāng)穷(qióng)人(rén)进(jìn)入(rù)富(fù)人(rén)的(de)大(dà)厅(tīng)之(zhī)时(shí)，富(fù)人(rén)才(cái)会(huì)注(zhù)意(yì)到(dào)穷(qióng)人(rén)的(de)存(cún)在(zài)。

Only when the poor enter the halls of the rich, do the rich notice that the poor exist.

Tatoeba: Chinese by DaoSeng · English by Hybrid · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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