Poor man and short wit
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is R é NP í nzh ì Du ǎ n, which means that when a person has no way to go, his mind is slow, and there are few ways. It comes from "ancient and modern novels: Chen Yushi's skillful exploration of gold hairpin and mother of pearl.".
Idiom usage
It refers to the intelligence of the poor
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: poor and short
The origin of Idioms
In the ancient and modern novels, Chen Yushi's skillful exploration of the gold hairpin and the mother of pearl: "as the saying goes, the Taoist is poor and short of wisdom. How can he be so poor that he is so ignorant?"
Idiom explanation
When people have no way to go, they are slow in thinking, and there are few ways. It is the same as "people are poor and wisdom is short".
Chinese PinYin : rén pín zhì duǎn
Poor man and short wit
give up all confidence in oneself. zì gān duò luò