人穷志短 rénqióngzhìduǎn poverty stunts ambition Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 人 rén noun person person; people; human being; a human穷 窮 qióng adjective poor poor; impoverished; destitute志 zhì noun will aspiration; ideal; ambition; the will to achieve something短 duǎn adjective short short in length or duration; brief