积贫积弱

zhōng guó shì yī gè jī pín jī ruò què yòu shí fēn zhí dé tóng qíng hé bāng zhù de dōng fāng gǔ guó

中国是一个积贫积弱，却又十分值得同情和帮助的东方古国。

China was a country in shambles deserving help and sympathy.