无立锥之地
wú​lì​zhuī​zhī​dì

extremely poor

  • created sense approved 无立锥之地/無立錐之地 · wú​lì​zhuī​zhī​dì · extremely poor — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无立锥之地 / 無立錐之地

    wú​lì​zhuī​zhī​dì

    extremely poor

    without enough space to stick a needle; used to describe extreme poverty or a total lack of property

    无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 立锥之地 (literal) → 立锥之地/立錐之地 · lì​zhuī​zhī​dì · tiny bit of land

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

    created sense