bần bách
Definition
- Adjective:
- Very poor; in reduced circumstances: Describes a state of extreme poverty or destitution, where one lacks basic necessities and lives in severe hardship.
- Impoverished; indigent: Characterizes a condition of being extremely poor and lacking financial resources.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Gia đình ông ấy sống trong cảnh bần bách. (His family lives in a state of extreme poverty.)
- Những năm chiến tranh, người dân phải chịu cuộc sống bần bách. (During the war years, the people endured an impoverished life.)
Advanced Usage
- The term bần bách often carries a literary or formal tone and is used to emphasize a profound, grinding state of poverty rather than a temporary lack.
Variants and Related Words
- Bần cùng (adj): destitute, utterly poor. Often used similarly to bần bách but can imply a more absolute, desperate state.
- Khu vực đó toàn những người bần cùng. (That area is full of destitute people.)
Synonyms
- Destitute: Lacking the means of subsistence.
- Impoverished: Reduced to poverty.
- Penniless: Having no money.
Related Idioms
- Bần cùng hóa: to impoverish; to reduce to poverty.
- Chính sách đó có nguy cơ bần cùng hóa nông dân. (That policy risks impoverishing the farmers.)
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Very poor; in reduced circumstances
