穷家薄业

poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom) / destitute

lit. poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom) / fig. destitute

see 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5]

home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4]

surname Ye

line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already

poor / destitute / to use up / to exhaust / thoroughly / extremely / (coll.) persistently and pointlessly

surname Bo

thin / cold in manner / indifferent / weak / light / infertile

meager / slight / weak / ungenerous or unkind / frivolous / to despise / to belittle / to look down on / to approach or near

see 薄荷[bo4 he5]