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窮愁潦倒
  kung4 sau4 lou5 dou2   jyutping
  qiong2 chou2 liao2 dao3   pinyin
living in poverty and feeling dispirited

Idiom
adjective

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
窮愁潦倒 / 穷愁潦倒

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Characters in this word:

 kung4  -  poor, destitute
 sau4  -  gloomy; distressed; worry about; sadness
 lou5 liu2  -  frustrated; heavy rainfall; sloppy
 dou2 dou3  -  fall over; pour out; turn upside down
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