窮ㄑㄩㄥˊqióng當ㄉㄤdāng益ㄧˋyì堅ㄐㄧㄢjiān

  1. 處境愈窮，志節應當愈堅強。《後漢書·卷二四·馬援傳》：「常謂賓客曰：『丈夫為志，窮當益堅，老當益壯。』」也作「窮且益堅」。

英poor but ambitious (idiom)​; hard-pressed but determined, the worse one's position, the harder one must fight back