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清貧

简清贫 · 繁清貧

Mandarin · pinyin qīng pín

poor but upright
destitute

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清: qīng · clear, pure, clean; peaceful
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贫: pín · poor, impoverished, needy

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1–2 · qing1 pin2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cing1 pan4

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adj

(especially of scholars and intellectuals) destitute; poor; badly off
(literary) poor but upright

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