pín

poor

inadequate; deficient; garrulous

divide (分) + money (贝) = poor and deficient

贝 originally depicted a cowrie shell, the ancient currency of China. When you divide (分) your money (贝), you end up with less — the image of poverty.

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To divideSemantic
Cowrie shellSemantic

这个村子非常穷,很多孩子上不起学。

zhè ge cūn zi fēi cháng pín qióng, hěn duō hái zi shàng bu qǐ xué。

This village is very poor, and many children cannot afford to go to school.

土地瘠,庄稼长得不好。

tǔ dì pín jí, zhuāng jia zhǎng de bù hǎo。

The land is barren and infertile, so the crops do not grow well.

Words with 贫

镰刀细胞贫血

lián dāo xì bāo pín xuè

sickle cell anemia

镰状红血球贫血症

lián zhuàng hóng xuè qiú pín xuè zhèng

sickle-cell anemia

障碍性贫血

zhàng ài xìng pín xuè

aplastic anemia (med.)

一贫如洗

yī pín rú xǐ

penniless

儿不嫌母丑,狗不嫌家贫

ér bù xián mǔ chǒu , gǒu bù xián jiā pín

a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor (proverb)

再生不良性贫血

zài shēng bù liáng xìng pín xuè

aplastic anemia

劫富济贫

jié fù jì pín

(idiom) to rob the rich to help the poor

地中海贫血

dì zhōng hǎi pín xuè

thalassemia (medicine)

失血性贫血

shī xuè xìng pín xuè

blood loss anemia

嫌贫爱富

xián pín ài fù

to favor the rich and disdain the poor (idiom)

子不嫌母丑,狗不嫌家贫

zǐ bù xián mǔ chǒu , gǒu bù xián jiā pín

see 兒不嫌母醜,狗不嫌家貧|儿不嫌母丑,狗不嫌家贫[er2 bu4 xian2 mu3 chou3 , gou3 bu4 xian2 jia1 pin2]

安富恤贫

ān fù xù pín

to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom)

More characters with 分

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