破甑生塵
pò​zèng​shēng​chén

extremely poor

  • created reference approved 破甑生尘/破甑生塵 → 甑尘釜鱼/甑塵釜魚 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    破甑生尘 / 破甑生塵 pò​zèng​shēng​chén

    甑尘釜鱼 / 甑塵釜魚 zèng​chén​fǔ​yú

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 破甑生尘/破甑生塵 · pò​zèng​shēng​chén · extremely poor — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    破甑生尘 / 破甑生塵

    pò​zèng​shēng​chén

    extremely poor

    Used to describe a state of extreme poverty; literally a broken cooking pot that has sat unused so long that dust has settled inside it.

    破 (literal) → 破 · pò · broken 甑 (literal) → 甑 · zèng · ancient steamer 生 (literal) → 生 · shēng · to give rise to 尘 (literal) → 尘/塵 · chén · dust

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

    created sense