穷则思变

qióng zé sī biàn

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Definitions

  1. 1. when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach (idiom)

Child Words of 穷则思变

则
zé

(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then

穷
qióng

poor

变
biàn

to change

思
sī

to think