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貧限想

简贫限想 · 繁貧限想

Mandarin · pinyin pín xiàn xiǎng

(Internet slang) (wryly jocular) poverty limits my power of imagination
(fig.) flabbergasted by the antics of the wealthy
the rich live in another world
(abbr. for 貧窮限制了我的想象力 pín qióng xiàn zhì le wǒ de xiǎng xiàng lì)

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限: xiàn · boundary, limit, line
想: xiǎng · think, speculate, plan, consider
贫: pín · poor, impoverished, needy

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2–4–3 · pin2 xian4 xiang3

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