物力维艰
wù​lì​wéi​jiān

poor in resources

  • created sense approved 物力维艰/物力維艱 · wù​lì​wéi​jiān · poor in resources — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    物力维艰 / 物力維艱

    wù​lì​wéi​jiān

    poor in resources

    limited resources and difficulty in obtaining goods; often used to express that material wealth is hard-won and should be cherished

    物力 (literal) → 物力 · wù​lì · material resources 维艰 (literal) → 维艰/維艱 · wéi​jiān · very difficult

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense