ㄇㄧㄣˊmínㄑㄩㄥˊqióngㄘㄞˊcáiㄐㄧㄣˋjìn

  1. 形容人民生活困苦·顧炎武〉:國維不得民窮財盡倍蓰。」文明小史·一回》:過日子要是不想抵制抵制將來民窮財盡還有興旺時候?」民窮財匱」。國富物阜民豐

the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom)​; to drive the nation to bankruptcy