chronic poverty and weakness
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesidiom
(of a country or nation) long-term impoverishment and debilitation; chronic poverty and weakness
formalFormal idiom describing the prolonged state of poverty and weakness of a country or people, often used in historical and political discourse. The variant form 积弱积贫 is also common.
Jìn近
dài代
Zhōng中
guó国
jī积
pín贫
jī积
ruò弱
，
shòu遭
zāo受
liáng列
qiáng强
qī欺
líng凌
。
Modern China was trapped in chronic poverty and weakness, suffering bullying from the great powers.
Jī积
pín贫
jī积
ruò弱
de的
jú局
miàn面
zhōng终
yú于
suí随
zhe着
jīng经
jì济
gǎi改
gé革
ér而
gǎi改
biàn变
le了
。
The situation of long-term poverty and weakness finally changed with the economic reforms.
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Zhè这
gè个
guó国
jiā家
jī积
pín贫
jī积
ruò弱
，
wú无
lǐ力
dǐ抵
kàng抗
wài外
dí敌
rù入
qīn侵
。
This country was impoverished and weak, unable to resist foreign invasion.
Lì历
shǐ史
xué学
jiā家
fēn分
xī析
le了
jī积
pín贫
jī积
ruò弱
bèi背
hòu后
de的
shēn深
céng层
yuán原
yīn因
。
Historians analyzed the deep-rooted causes behind the chronic poverty and weakness.