pín​bù​zé​qī

beggars can't be choosers

  1. 贫 貧 pín adjectivenoun
    poor
    (bound form) poor; impoverished; lacking wealth
  2. 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
  3. 择 擇 zé verbnoun
    to choose
    (bound form) to select; to choose; to pick out; used primarily in formal compound words like 选择 xuǎn​zé
  4. 妻 qī noun
    wife
    (bound form) wife; a man's legal spouse; appears in words like 妻子 qī​zi and 夫妻 fū​qī