一穷二白

bì yè hòu tā huí dào jiā xiāng jué dìng gǎi biàn nà lǐ yī qióng èr bái de miàn mào

毕业后他回到家乡，决定改变那里一穷二白的面貌。

After graduation, he returned to his hometown, determined to help lift it from poverty and ignorance.

wǒ shì yī gè yī qióng èr bái de nóng mín xiǎng gǎo yī xiē fā míng chuàng zào wèi zhōng guó de mín zú gōng yè zuò yī diǎn gòng xiàn

我是一个一穷二白的农民，想搞一些发明创造，为中国的民族工业做一点贡献。

I am an impoverished farmers, I want to make some inventions, as Chinese national industry as a contribution.