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环堵萧然
huán​dǔ​xiāo​rán

abject poverty

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 环堵 環堵 huán​dǔ
    small and humble room
    (literary) a tiny room enclosed by earthen walls on four sides; used to describe a very small or impoverished dwelling
  2. 萧然 蕭然 xiāo​rán
    desolate
    (literary) lonely and quiet; desolate or empty