人穷志不穷
rén​qióng​zhì​bù​qióng

poor but ambitious

  1. 人 rén noun
    person
    person; people; human being; a human
  2. 穷 窮 qióng adjective
    poor
    poor; impoverished; destitute
  3. 志 zhì noun
    will
    aspiration; ideal; ambition; the will to achieve something
  4. 不 bù adverb
    not
    Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings
  5. 穷 窮 qióng adjective
    poor
    poor; impoverished; destitute