家徒壁立
jiā​tú​bì​lì

dirt poor

  • created sense approved 家徒壁立 · jiā​tú​bì​lì · dirt poor — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    家徒壁立

    jiā​tú​bì​lì

    dirt poor

    house with nothing but bare walls; describes a state of extreme poverty or having nothing at all

    家 (literal) → 家 · jiā · home 徒 (literal) → 徒 · tú · bare 壁立 (literal) → 壁立 · bì​lì · poverty-stricken

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

    created sense