人窮志短 [－穷－－]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. poor and with low expectations
  2. poverty stunts ambition
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    人身​處​困境​（​特別​指窮​）​嘅​時​候​，​唔​敢​訂立​遠​大​嘅​目​標
    poverty chills ambition
    • 所謂人窮志短，我邊敢挑戰佢啫。
      所谓人穷志短，我边敢挑战佢啫。
      I am not that ambitious to challenge him, after all, I'm so poor.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    one's aspirations are stifled because of poverty
    (syn.) 人窮志不窮, 人穷志不穷
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    所谓人穷志短，我边敢挑战佢啫。
    所謂人窮志短，我邊敢挑戰佢啫。
    • I am not that ambitious to challenge him, after all, I'm so poor.