扶贫

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 政府大力推进扶贫工作。▶ —
   The government vigorously promotes poverty alleviation.
2. 扶贫先扶志。▶ —
   To relieve poverty, first lift people’s aspirations.

Collocations

Mnemonic

扶 fú "to support, help up" + 贫 pín "poor": to help up the poor, i.e. poverty alleviation, aiding the poor. Korean renders it as "poverty relief, aid to the poor". Helping poor people or regions escape poverty (扶贫工作 poverty-alleviation work, 精准扶贫 targeted poverty alleviation). 扶 means "to support, prop up" (扶持, 扶助); 贫 means "poor" (贫穷, 贫困). A social and economic term in the same domain as 富裕 and 贫困. Paired with 脱贫 (escaping poverty).

Related

Quick check

1. What does 扶贫 mean?

   • helping the poor escape poverty
   • taxing the rich
   • selling goods cheaply
   • lending money