穷家薄业

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

Characters and words in 穷家薄业

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

= + : Cupid (qu) exhausted (穷) his bank account and is very poor (穷). He has nowhere to go and nothing to do anymore. In the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) he creates a big cave painting (穴) out of boredom. Idly he paints a big power button (力) wishing that upon hitting it, money would rain down on him.
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]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a framed "home sweet home" picture.

The swine (豕) graduated and wearing a graduation cap (宀), it came home to the ashram. In front of it (a1), Joan of Arc (ji) welcomes the swine and hugs it. To welcome her dear swine, she put a gigantic home sweet home (家) picture in front of the ashram.
surname Bo

= + : Beelzebub (b) has Pu Yi (溥) mince some kind of green stuff and then press it through a delicate membrane (薄) in the observatory's kitchen (o2). Beelzebub told him that it will be a special food, but he didn't tell him that in reality he is just mincing artificial lawn (艹). He is really looking down (薄) on the child for being so weak (薄).
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

= + : Beelzebub (b) has Pu Yi (溥) mince some kind of green stuff and then press it through a delicate membrane (薄) in the observatory's kitchen (o2). Beelzebub told him that it will be a special food, but he didn't tell him that in reality he is just mincing artificial lawn (艹). He is really looking down (薄) on the child for being so weak (薄).
see 薄荷[bo4 he5]
surname Ye
line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already

I can't help but see a bullfrog in 业. Maud Younger finds that the climate in the elevator's bathroom are perfect for her new business: growing bullfrogs.

Words with 穷家薄业

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