穷困潦倒qióngkùnliáodǎoMeanings1. (idiom) to live in poverty and despair; down and out; destitute and without hopeCharacters used穷poor困to surround潦flooded倒to invertExamples1他tā年轻niánqīng的de时候shíhou穷困潦倒qióngkùnliáodǎo。He was terribly poor when he was young.