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down and out

Chinese translation: 穷困潦倒

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English term or phrase:down and out
Chinese translation:穷困潦倒
Entered by: Smartrans He

14:52 Dec 20, 2001
English to Chinese translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
English term or phrase: down and out
I know what it is to be downa dn out. One time back in the thirties, I was working in New York and I didn't have enough to rent a room.
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穷困潦倒
Explanation:
穷困潦倒 (Qiong2 Kun4 Liao2 Dao4)
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Smartrans He
China
Local time: 03:22
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4穷困潦倒
Smartrans He
5ō礚だゅ
Raymond Chu
4落魄, 潦倒 or 被击倒
Marta Argat
4ǐщ礚隔
Francis Fine


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
穷困潦倒


Explanation:
穷困潦倒 (Qiong2 Kun4 Liao2 Dao4)


Smartrans He
China
Local time: 03:22
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in pair: 1
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agree  Xiaoping Fu
10 mins
agree  jinshi
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agree  chooi
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agree  Chinexpert
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
落魄, 潦倒 or 被击倒


Explanation:
all explain being in miserable, suppressed state

Marta Argat
Local time: 22:22
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
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ō礚だゅ


Explanation:
I would rather translated it into a more idiomatic Chinese expression meaning penniless, which is what "down and out" means.

Raymond Chu
Taiwan
Local time: 03:22
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ǐщ礚隔


Explanation:
The important element of this phrase is: one is so miserable that one "has nobody or no where to turn to." While this often means poverty, defeat, exhaustion,etc. these words are not exactly "down and out."
Another phrase is "絘荷.¨

Francis Fine
United States
Local time: 12:22
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 72
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