裝窮叫苦
zhuāng​qióng​jiào​kǔ

to plead poverty

  • created sense approved 装穷叫苦/裝窮叫苦 · zhuāng​qióng​jiào​kǔ · to plead poverty — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    装穷叫苦 / 裝窮叫苦

    zhuāng​qióng​jiào​kǔ

    to plead poverty

    to feign and complain bitterly of being poverty stricken; to cry poverty despite being well-off

    装 (literal) → 装/裝 · zhuāng · to pretend 穷 (literal) → 穷/窮 · qióng · poor 叫苦 (literal) → 叫苦 · jiào​kǔ · to complain of hardship

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