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民窮財盡
简 民穷财尽 · 繁 民窮財盡Mandarin · pinyin mín qióng cái jìn
Meanings
- the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom); to drive the nation to bankruptcy
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2–2–2–4 · min2 qiong2 cai2 jin4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
man4 kung4 coi4 zeon6
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man4 kung4 coi4 zeon6
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phrase
- (idiomatic) the people are impoverished
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