貧不擇妻
pín​bù​zé​qī

beggars can't be choosers

  • created sense approved 贫不择妻/貧不擇妻 · pín​bù​zé​qī · beggars can't be choosers — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    贫不择妻 / 貧不擇妻

    pín​bù​zé​qī

    beggars can't be choosers

    a poor man cannot afford to be picky about a wife; a person in desperate straits must take whatever help or options are available

    贫 (literal) → 贫/貧 · pín · poor 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 择 (literal) → 择/擇 · zé · to choose 妻 (literal) → 妻 · qī · wife

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

    created sense