汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 窮光蛋
窮光蛋 (穷光蛋)
poor wretch / pauper / destitute man / poverty-stricken peasant / penniless good-for-nothing / impecunious vagabond
指一无所有的男子。
() qióng guāng dàn
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

既是穷光蛋,何虑窃贼偷。

A beggar may sing before the thief.

事实上,我是个聪明的穷光蛋

Actually, I'm smart and poor.

啊,不错,但是这样一个穷光蛋能得到国王庄严接见的机会吗?

Ah, yes, but could so fantastic a pauper get admission to the august presence of a monarch?

你有个有钱的老婆,有份好工作,你已经忘记当穷光蛋的滋味儿了。

You got a wife with money, a good job. You forget how it is bein broke all the time.

这也就是说,我这个一贫如洗的穷光蛋也将能自立于人前了。他是个平素几乎从不肯给。

This is to say, I this penniless miserable wretch also the ability independence is at the person front. He is usually and almost be never willing to give.

要是当年告别交易大厅,成为舞文弄墨的穷光蛋之前,能搞到这种摇钱树就好了——这是个有情绪的意见,提醒你。

If only he had got his hands on one before bidding farewell to the trading floor to become an impoverished inky-fingered wretch instead. An opinionated one, mind you.