beggar
US
UK beggar n: (person: asks for money)
SC 乞丐 qǐ gài
TC 乞丐
TC 乞丐
SC 叫花子 qǐ gài，jiào huā zi
The number of beggars in the city is increasing.
这个城市的乞丐人数正在增加。
beggar n: (poor person)
SC 穷人 qióng rén
TC 窮人
TC 窮人
SC 穷光蛋
SC 乞丐 qióng rén，qǐ gài
TC 乞丐
TC 乞丐
You look like a beggar in that ripped dress.
你穿上那件撕破了的裙子就好像一个乞丐。
beggar [sb] vtr: (impoverish)
SC 使...沦为乞丐
SC 使...倾家荡产
The father's gambling addiction beggared his family.
父亲赌博成瘾，使他全家都沦为乞丐。
beggar-my-neighbor n: (card game) (一种纸牌游戏)
SC 吃邻居，乞食成霸
beggar-my-neighbor adj: (self-aggrandising)
SC 以邻为壑的，损人利己的
cheeky beggar n: UK, figurative, informal, euphemism (person: impudent)
SC 厚颜无耻之徒
little beggar n: figurative, informal, euphemism (child: annoying)
SC 熊孩子
TC 小傢伙
TC 小傢伙
SC 淘气包 táo qì bāo
Kyle told the kid to leave him alone, but the little beggar wouldn't back off.
lucky beggar n: figurative, informal, euphemism (person: envied)
SC 走狗屎运的家伙
Ben was astonished at Kyle; the lucky beggar had just gotten a job at Google.
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- subspecies
- substance
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- substanced
- substandard
- substantial
- substantially
- substantiate
- substantiation
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- substation
- substituent
- substitute
- substituted
- substitute for
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- substituting
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- substitutional
- substrate
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