贫 (貧) pín

1. pín adjective poor; impoverished
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '貧' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '貧' 1, p. 345; Unihan '貧'; XHZD '贫' 1, p. 569)
2. pín adjective deficient
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 贫血 anemia (Guoyu '貧' adj 2; XHZD '贫' 2, p. 569)
3. pín adjective talkative
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 贫嘴 (Guoyu '貧' adj 3; XHZD '贫' 3, p. 569)
4. pín adjective few; sparse
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '貧' 1a, p. 345)
5. pín noun poverty
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '貧' n)

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• 赤贫如洗(赤貧如洗) without two nickels to rub together; impoverished
• 扶贫济困(扶貧濟困) to help the poor; almsgiving for the needy; to assist poor households or poor regions
• 贫血症(貧血症) anemia
• 耍贫嘴(耍貧嘴) to wag one's tongue; to indulge in idle gossip and silly jokes; to chatter endlessly
• 海洋性贫血(海洋性貧血) thalassemia
• 贫户(貧戶) a poor home
• 贫贱(貧賤) poor and humble
• 脱贫致富(脫貧致富) to rise from poverty and become prosperous; poverty alleviation
• 贫而乐道(貧而樂道) though poor, yet cheerful
• 贫民区(貧民區) slum area; ghetto
• 贫下中农(貧下中農) (category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants)
• 贫穷潦倒(貧窮潦倒) poverty stricken
• 安富恤贫(安富恤貧) to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor
• 贫富差距(貧富差距) disparity between rich and poor
• 脱贫(脫貧) to lift oneself out of poverty
• 次贫(次貧) extremely poor but not destitute
• 贫苦(貧苦) poverty-stricken; poor
• 杀富济贫(殺富濟貧) robbing the rich to help the poor
• 贫油国(貧油國) country poor in oil
• 贫富(貧富) poor and rich
• 贫病交加(貧病交加) poverty compounded by ill health
• 贫腔(貧腔) verbose; garrulous
• 家贫如洗(家貧如洗) extreme poverty; destitute; penniless; poor as church mice
• 贫雇农(貧雇農) poor peasants (in Marxism)
• 贫乏(貧乏) lacking
• 贫困率(貧困率) poverty rate
• 脑贫血(腦貧血) cerebral anemia
• 家贫命苦(家貧命苦) a poor family and a life of bad luck
• 贫瘠(貧瘠) barren; infertile; poor
• 贫困(貧困) impoverished
• 镰形血球贫血症(鐮形血球貧血症) sickle-cell anaemia; sickle-cell disease
• 家贫(家貧) a poor family
• 贫嘴薄舌(貧嘴薄舌) garrulous and sharp-tongued
• 一贫如洗(一貧如洗) penniless
• 贫寒(貧寒) poor; poverty-stricken; impoverished
• 贫嘴滑舌(貧嘴滑舌) garrulous and sharp-tongued
• 地中海贫血(地中海貧血) thalassemia
• 贫铀(貧鈾) depleted uranium (D-38)
• 贫油(貧油) poor in oil
• 贫贱生活(貧賤生活) a poor and humbe life
• 儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫(兒不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧) a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor
• 安贫(安貧) to be content with a simple life
• 贫困地区(貧困地區) poor region; impoverished area
• 贫相(貧相) mean; stingy
• 济贫(濟貧) to help the poor
• 贫液(貧液) waste liquid; liquid with precipitate skimmed off
• 劫富济贫(劫富濟貧) to rob the rich to help the poor
• 贫而无谄(貧而無諂) a poor person who does not flatter
• 安贫乐道(安貧樂道) to be content with poverty and strive for virtue
• 再生不良性贫血(再生不良性貧血) aplastic anemia

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• 卷三　　魏本紀第三:　　高祖孝文帝 Volume 3 Wei Annals 3: Emperor Gaozu Xiaowen History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 14
• 卷六 節葬下 Book 6 - Simplicity in Funerals III Mozi 墨子 — count: 13
• 富國篇第十 Chapter 10: Enriching the State Xunzi 荀子 — count: 12
• 卷一百九十七　列傳第八十四: 孝友一 Volume 197 Biographies 84: Filial and Brotherly Acts 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 12
• 第二十九回 Chapter 29 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 12
• Full Text Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經 — count: 12
• 卷七十三 列傳第三十三 顏延之 Volume 73 Biographies 33: Yan Yanzhi Book of Song 宋書 — count: 11
• 輕重丁第八十三 Chapter 83: Weight IV Guanzi 管子 — count: 11
• 《萬章章句下》 Commentary on Wan Zhang II Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 11
• 第十三回 Chapter 13 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 10

Collocations

• 国贫 (國貧) 地博而國貧者 — Guanzi 管子, 權修第三 Chapter 3: Cultivating Authority — count: 21
• 民贫 (民貧) 用費則民貧 — Guanzi 管子, 八觀第十三 Chapter 13: Eight Observations — count: 9
• 富贫 (富貧) 厚葬久喪實可以富貧眾寡 — Mozi 墨子, 卷六 節葬下 Book 6 - Simplicity in Funerals III — count: 8
• 忘贫 (忘貧) 好富而忘貧 — Guanzi 管子, 七主七臣第五十二 Chapter 52: Seven Rulers and Seven Ministers — count: 6
• 分贫 (分貧) 分貧振窮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 5
• 贫人 (貧人) 若貧人食不能自給食者 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十五 號令 Book 15 - Commands and Orders — count: 5
• 贫贫 (貧貧) 貧貧 — Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經, Full Text — count: 4
• 贫萌 (貧萌) 以利吾貧萌 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重丁第八十三 Chapter 83: Weight IV — count: 4
• 贫病 (貧病) 貧病之民 — Guanzi 管子, 乘馬數第六十九 Chapter 69: The Number of Horses in a Team — count: 4
• 速贫 (速貧) 喪欲速貧 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I — count: 4