室如悬磬
shì​rú​xuán​qìng

dirt poor

  • created reference approved 室如悬磬/室如懸磬 → 室如县罄/室如縣罄 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    室如悬磬 / 室如懸磬 shì​rú​xuán​qìng

    室如县罄 / 室如縣罄 shì​rú​xuán​qìng

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 室如悬磬/室如懸磬 · shì​rú​xuán​qìng · dirt poor — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    室如悬磬 / 室如懸磬

    shì​rú​xuán​qìng

    dirt poor

    Describes a room as empty as a hanging chime stone; extremely poor or having no resources. This can also refer to a government's treasury being empty.

    室 (literal) → 室 · shì · room 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 悬 (literal) → 悬/懸 · xuán · to hang 磬 (literal) → 磬 · qìng · chime stone

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

    created sense