清貧如洗
qīng​pín​rú​xǐ

as poor as being washed clean

  • created sense approved 清贫如洗/清貧如洗 · qīng​pín​rú​xǐ · as poor as being washed clean — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    清贫如洗 / 清貧如洗

    qīng​pín​rú​xǐ

    as poor as being washed clean

    extremely poor and having nothing; living in absolute poverty

    清贫 (literal) → 清贫/清貧 · qīng​pín · destitute 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