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穷当益坚 (窮當益堅)

qióng dāng yì jiān

Definition

  1. poor but ambitious (idiom); hard-pressed but determined
  2. the worse one's position, the harder one must fight back

Character Decomposition

穷
=
穴
+
力
当
=
⺌
+
彐
益
=
䒑
+
八
+
皿
坚
=
？
+
又
+
土

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