穷则思变 [
qióng zé sī biàn]
Poverty gives rise to the desire for change.
One will start thinking about changes when he is in extreme poverty.
- 久而久之,能源匮乏也将产生“穷则思变”的想法。
Gradually, the energy deficient will also have "wants to change when poverty strikes" the idea. - 元阳梯田案例研究发现,乡村社区里的旅游业早期从业者可能有两种类型:乡村精英型和穷则思变型。
The study finds that they are possibly divided into two types: rural elite and those in poverty give rise to a desire for change. - 全球经济下滑给中国大批曾经生机勃勃的小型企业带来了尤为沉重的打击,迫使它们穷则思变,某些时候甚至是绝地求生。
The global downturn is taking a particularly severe toll on China's legions of dynamic small businesses, forcing them to adopt innovative, and sometimes desperate, strategies to survive.