desperate(qióng tú liáo dǎo)

desperate

Poor, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Qi ó NGT ú Li á OD ǎ o, which means there is no way to go, very frustrated, the same as "poor". From foreword of Zheng Banqiao collection.

The origin of Idioms

Fu Baoshi's preface to the collection of Zheng Banqiao: "his whole life, though it can be said to be a life of incoherence and poverty."

Idiom usage

There is no way out. He lived a down and out life.

Chinese PinYin : qióng tú liáo dǎo