| qióng | exhausted/poor |
| 穷 | exhausted poor |
| 穷乏 | poor; scarce |
| 穷乡僻壤 | a remote and desolate place |
| 穷二代 | those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s see also 富二代 |
| 穷于应付 | to be hard put to cope with; to be swamped |
| 穷人 | poor people the poor |
| 穷光蛋 | poor wretch pauper destitute man |
| 穷兵黩武 | militaristic and aggressive |
| 穷凶极恶 | be extremely violent and wicked |
| 穷则思变 | an impasse is followed by change; poverty makes people think of change |
| 穷匮 | to be short of sth to be wanting in sth |
| 穷原竟委 | get to the bottom of the matter; make a thorough inquiry into |
| 穷困 | destitute wretched poverty |
| 穷国 | poor country |
| 穷奢极侈 | extravagant in the extreme (idiom) |
| 穷奢极欲 | to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance |
| 穷家富路 | practice thrift at home but be amply provided while traveling |
| 穷寇 | hard-pressed enemy; tottering foe |
| 穷寇勿追 | don't pursue a desperate enemy |
| 穷尽 | end bound boundary |