Cite?<p>It&#x27;s not &quot;Confucian-era Chinese&quot;, but google translate gives : 倒霉 which per wiktionary (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wiktionary.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;倒" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wiktionary.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;倒</a> and <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wiktionary.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;霉" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wiktionary.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;霉</a>) I don&#x27;t see anything relating to poverty or impoverishment.