Hanzi
人穷志短
人穷志短
人穷志短
人穷志短
人穷志短
人穷志短
人穷志短
人穷志短

rén人qióng穷zhì志duǎn短

Poverty stifles ambition and limits one's aspirations.

经历了几次失败后，他变得有些灰心，开始觉得人穷志短，不再敢轻易尝试。
After several failures, he became somewhat disheartened, starting to feel that poverty stifles ambition, and no longer dared to try new things easily.

Era:

Early Modern

Frequency:

Synonym:

人穷智短、马瘦毛长

Antonym:

人穷志不穷

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