Lingaku- lit. poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom)
- fig. destitute
Generated definitions (experimental)
- poor and with few means of subsistence (idiom)
This idiom describes a state of extreme poverty, where a person or family lacks both wealth and resources for basic living.
Their family is destitute, and life is very difficult.
jǐn guǎn尽管tā他nǔ lì努力gōng zuò工作，dàn但jiā lǐ家里hái shi还是qióng jiā bó yè穷家薄业，wú fǎ无法gǎi shàn改善zhuàng kuàng状况。
Although he works hard, his family is still in dire straits and cannot improve their situation.
Generated collocations (experimental)
qióng jiā bó yè穷家薄业to be poor and without meansqióng穷jiā家kǔ苦Rì日to live a hard lifeqióng jiā fù lù穷家富路to have little wealth but great potentialqióng穷jiā家dì zǐ弟子children from impoverished familiesBó薄Yè业wú无cún存to be without any resources or meansjié rán yī shēn孑然一身to be completely alone and destituteqióng tú mò lù穷途末路to be at the end of one's rope