穷愁潦倒 meaning in Chinese
be penniless and frustrated
Examples
- That's what has impoverished him, eh ?
这是不是弄得他穷愁潦倒的原因？ - The history of painting was full of artists who had earned nothing at all .
绘画史上到头来不名分文穷愁潦倒的艺术家俯拾皆是。 - She looked less specifically like a woman than a more generalized human being and a sad one .
她看上去不象一个标准女人，而是一个特征不明显的人，一个穷愁潦倒的人。 - Utterly destitute after being abandoned , tesla was forced to dig ditches
遭受遗弃的特士拉穷愁潦倒，只好去挖水沟。 - It does not turn its back upon us in times of adversity or distress
在我们穷愁潦倒、临危遭难的时候，它也不会抛弃我们，对我们总是一往情深。