Word Meaning 学者貧乏

がくしゃびんぼう gakushabimbou

学者貧乏 is read as がくしゃびんぼう (gakushabimbou) and means good scholars are seldom rich.

Meaning

English

  1. good scholars are seldom rich

Reading

Kana

がくしゃびんぼう

Romaji

gakushabimbou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 138911 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

貧乏

びんぼう

poverty-stricken

豊作貧乏

ほうさくびんぼう

impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest

大漁貧乏

たいりょうびんぼう

impoverishment of fishermen because of a bumper catch

引越し貧乏

ひっこしびんぼう

poverty caused by the high costs of (repetitive) moving

器用貧乏

きようびんぼう

jack of all trades, master of none

学者

がくしゃ

learned person

貧乏人

びんぼうにん

poor person

統計学者

とうけいがくしゃ

statistician

人口統計学者

じんこうとうけいがくしゃ

demographer

独学者

どくがくしゃ

autodidact

冶金学者

やきんがくしゃ

metallurgist

貧乏人の子沢山

びんぼうにんのこだくさん

children are a poor man's riches