寒酸

hánsuān

(usually of a poor scholar) shabby and miserable

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han2 suan1

wretched, poverty-stricken, unpresentable (for clothing, gifts etc)

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寒酸

hán suān

(of a poor scholar in the old days) miserable and shabby; sorry; scrubby:

工资很低的寒酸的小职员 a sorry underpaid official

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寒酸|寒酸 [hán suān] ► wretched ► poverty-stricken ► unpresentable (for clothing, gifts etc)