destitute; extremely hard-pressed; poverty-stricken
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesadjective
especially difficult; extremely hard-pressed (financially or in terms of housing)
Functions primarily as an attributive adjective (属性词), modifying nouns such as 户, 生, 家庭. Rarely used as a predicate (e.g., not typically used as '他很特困').
Zhèng政
fǔ府
zhèng正
zài在
bāng帮
zhù助
tè特
kùn困
jiā家
tíng庭
jiě解
jué决
zhù住
fáng房
wèn问
tí题
。
The government is helping destitute families solve their housing problems.
Zhè这
suǒ所
dà大
xué学
wèi为
tè特
kùn困
shēng生
tí提
gōng供
le了
quán全
é额
jiǎng奖
xué学
jīn金
。
This university provides full scholarships for extremely impoverished students.
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Tè特
kùn困
hù户
de的
rèn认
dìng定
biāo标
zhǔn准
yǐ已
jīng经
tí提
gāo高
le了
。
The criteria for identifying destitute households have been raised.