人窮志短

jan4 kung4 zi3 dyun2

poor and with low expectations · poverty stunts ambition

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. poor and with low expectations
  2. poverty stunts ambition

Written Forms

人窮志短Traditional · Main Form
人穷志短Alternate Form

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