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贫乏 (pín fá): Poor (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

贫乏 consists of 2 characters.

poor, lacking wealth or resources

lack, be short of, tired

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cí词

huì汇

pín贫

fá乏

neutral

limited vocabulary

Subject + Predicatewith 词汇

nèi内

róng容

pín贫

fá乏

neutral

lack of substance

Subject + Predicatewith

zī资

yuán源

pín贫

fá乏

neutral

resource-poor

Subject + Predicatewith

zhī知

shi识

pín贫

fá乏

neutral

lack of knowledge

Subject + Predicatewith

xiǎng想

xiàng象

lì力

pín贫

fá乏

neutral

lack of imagination

Example Sentences with 贫乏

tā他

de的

cí词

huì汇

hěn很

pín贫

fá乏

Subject + Predicatewith 想象力

。

His vocabulary is very poor.

zhè这

piàn片

tǔ土

dì地

de的

yǎng养

fèn分

pín贫

fá乏

，

bú不

shì适

hé合

zhǒng种

zhí植

nóng农

zuò作

wù物

。

The soil in this area is poor in nutrients and unsuitable for growing crops.

nán难

dào道

nǐ你

bù不

jué觉

de得

zì自

jǐ己

de的

xiǎng想

xiàng象

lì力

yǒu有

xiē些

pín贫

fá乏

ma吗

？

Don't you think your imagination is somewhat meagre?

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zhè这

ge个

dì地

qū区

de的

jiào教

yù育

zī资

yuán源

bǐ比

jiào较

pín贫

fá乏

。

Educational resources in this area are relatively scarce.

tā他

de的

shēng生

huó活

jīng经

yàn验

bìng并

bù不

pín贫

yóu由

yú于

zī资

yuán源

pín贫

fá乏

，

zhè这

ge个

yóu由

yú于

quē缺

fá乏

chuàng创

xīn新

，

gōng公

sī司

de

wǒ我

jué觉

de得

tā他

de的

jiàn建

yì议

nèi内

róng容

pín

fá

乏

，

fǎn反

ér而

xiāng相

dāng当

fēng丰

fù富

。

His life experience is not meagre; on the contrary, it is quite rich.

shè

社

qū区

de的

fā发

zhǎn展

shòu受

dào到

le了

yán严

zhòng重

xiàn限

zhì制

。

Due to meagre resources, the development of this community has been severely limited.

的

chǎn产

pǐn品

xiàn线

xiǎn显

de得

nèi内

róng容

pín贫

fá乏

。

Due to a lack of innovation, the company's product line appears content-poor.

贫

fá乏

，

quē缺

fá乏

jù具

tǐ体

de的

shí实

shī施

fāng方

àn案

。

I think his suggestion is poor in content and lacks a concrete implementation plan.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 贫乏.

Words with 贫

贫困pín kùn
贫富pín fù
贫穷pín qióng

Words with 乏

不乏bù fá
乏力fá lì
缺乏quē fá
碘缺乏diǎn quē fá