Meanings

hardships and privations

austerity budget

impoverishment of fishermen because of a bumper catch

impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest

depletion layer (of transistor)

good scholars are seldom rich

oliguria

a poor man has no time for leisure

to get the short end of the stick

oxygen deficiency

poverty is a stranger to industry

vitamin deficiency disease

gastric achlorhydria

budget travel

iron-deficiency anemia

shabby

oligozoospermia

pencil sharpened at both ends

completely motionless

poor households have many children