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一穷二白

一窮二白
qióng èr bái

Meanings

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qióng èr bái
  1. 1.impoverished
  2. 2.backward both economically and culturally

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.poor and blank; economically impoverished and culturally backward

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Etymology

Possibly from On the Ten Major Relationships, a speech delivered by Mao Zedong in 1956 on the socialist construction of the People's Republic of China.

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