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穷光蛋

窮光蛋
qióngguāngdàn
noun #18,746

Measure Word

一个穷光蛋 gè

Meanings

  1. 1 poor wretch
  2. 2 pauper
  3. 3 penniless person

Examples

他赌博赌成了穷光蛋。
Tā dǔbó dǔ chéng le qióngguāngdàn.
He gambled himself into a pauper.
别看他现在有钱，以前就是个穷光蛋。
Bié kàn tā xiànzài yǒuqián, yǐqián jiùshì gè qióngguāngdàn.
Don't be fooled by his wealth now — he used to be a penniless nobody.

Tips

memory
穷 (poor) + 光 (bare/empty) + 蛋 (egg) — picture a person so poor they're like a bare egg with nothing on it. 光蛋 = stripped bare.
register
Colloquial and mildly derogatory. Used in casual speech to describe someone with no money.

Stroke Order

穷 qióng
光 guāng
蛋 dàn