人穷志短
书籍：汉英成语词典
更新时间：2018-12-03 22:39:28
出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第280页（319字）
人在穷困时，只急于解决现实的困难，而没有远大的志向，例有人鼓励我继续从事艺术创作，无奈人穷志短，为了生计，无暇顾及其他。
I had been persuaded to continue in my art，but those ambitions had to be put aside because of poverty and now I am so involved with trying to make a living that l have no time to think about art and all that．