Definition

1. Noun Phrase:
   • A poor family; a household living in poverty: Refers to a family unit (parents and children, or extended family) that lacks sufficient financial resources and material possessions.
   • The poor (as a collective): Can be used to refer to poor families or poor people in a general, collective sense.

Usage Examples

• Noun Phrase:
  • Anh ấy xuất thân từ một nhà nghèo. (He comes from a poor family.)
  • Cô ấy thường xuyên giúp đỡ những nhà nghèo trong làng. (She often helps the poor families in the village.)
  • "Nhà nghèo" không có nghĩa là "nhà không có tình thương". ("Being from a poor family" does not mean "a family without love".)

Advanced Usage

• "con nhà nghèo": Literally "child of a poor family". Used to describe a person who was born and raised in a poor household.
  • Anh ấy là một con nhà nghèo tự lập vươn lên. (He is a child from a poor family who worked hard to succeed on his own.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nghèo (adj): Poor, impoverished.
  • gia đình nghèo (poor family)
• Nghèo khó (adj): Destitute, very poor.
  • cuộc sống nghèo khó (a destitute life)
• Hộ nghèo (n): Poor household (often used in official/socioeconomic contexts).
  • chính sách hỗ trợ hộ nghèo (policy to support poor households)

Synonyms

• Gia đình khó khăn: Family in difficult circumstances.
• Gia đình túng thiếu: Family in need/indigent family.

Related Idioms

• "Nhà nghèo vẫn có khi no": Literally "A poor family still has times of plenty." Similar to "Even a poor family has its good days" or "There are ups and downs." It implies that poverty is not absolute and circumstances can change.
• "Con nhà nghèo, con nhà giàu": A common contrasting phrase meaning "children from poor families and children from rich families," highlighting social and economic differences.

1. Poor family
2. The poor