| 穷 |
qióng suān | (of a scholar) impoverished, shabby and pedantic / impoverished pedant |
| 穷 |
qióng | poor / destitute / to use up / to exhaust / thoroughly / extremely / (coll.) persistently and pointlessly |
| 酸 |
suān | sour / tart / sick at heart / grieved / sore / aching / pedantic / impractical / to make sarcastic remarks about sb / an acid |