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一窮二白 (jat1 kung4 ji6 baak6) — poor and broke; poverty-stricken in Cantonese

jatˉ¹一kungˎ₄窮jiˍ₆二baakˍ₆白
简 一穷二白
Mandarin Pinyin: yi1 qiong2 er4 bai2

Meaning of 一窮二白

nounpoor and broke; poverty-stricken

Characters in 一窮二白

一jat1
one; a; an; the
窮kung4
having an end; having a limit
二ji6
second; twice
白baak6
the spoken part in an opera, etc.

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