一贫如洗
yī​pín​rú​xǐ

utterly penniless

  • created sense approved 一贫如洗/一貧如洗 · yī​pín​rú​xǐ · utterly penniless — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一贫如洗 / 一貧如洗

    yī​pín​rú​xǐ

    utterly penniless

    as poor as if everything had been washed away; to have nothing at all

    yì​pín​rú​xǐ

    一 (literal) → 一 · yī · whole 贫 (literal) → 贫/貧 · pín · poor 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 洗 (literal) → 洗 · xǐ · to wash

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense