環堵蕭然
huán​dǔ​xiāo​rán

abject poverty

  • created sense approved 环堵萧然/環堵蕭然 · huán​dǔ​xiāo​rán · abject poverty — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    环堵萧然 / 環堵蕭然

    huán​dǔ​xiāo​rán

    abject poverty

    Describes a home with nothing but the four bare walls surrounding it, signifying extreme poverty or a very simple and crude dwelling

    环堵 (literal) → 环堵/環堵 · huán​dǔ · small and humble room 萧然 (literal) → 萧然/蕭然 · xiāo​rán · desolate

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

    created sense