idiom > People are poor intellectual short
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人穷智短
Pinyin: rén qióng zhì duǎn

Usage: 联合式;作谓语、补语;含贬义

Explanation: 指人穷了,言行也就显得笨拙不聪明。

Source: 《鸡肋编》下卷引陈无己诗:“人穷令智短,百巧千穷只短檠。”

Example: 我们不能~

No. 2
  Poor: distress; short: short. Refers to one or nowhere to go when people, thinking slow, approach also running out.
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Those who are poor intellectual short