筚门圭窬
bì​mén​guī​yú

impoverished home

  • created sense approved 筚门圭窬/篳門圭窬 · bì​mén​guī​yú · impoverished home — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    筚门圭窬 / 篳門圭窬

    bì​mén​guī​yú

    impoverished home

    humble dwelling of a poor family; literally a gate made of brambles and a window like a hole in the wall

    筚门 (literal) → 筚门/篳門 · bì​mén · wicker gate 圭 (literal) → 圭 · guī · jade tablet 窬 (literal) → 窬 · yú · hole in a wall

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 篳門圭窬 · bì​mén​guī​yú · humble home — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    篳門圭窬

    bì​mén​guī​yú

    humble home

    a poverty-stricken home; literally, a wicker gate and a hole in the wall for a door

    篳 (opaque) 門 (opaque) 圭 (literal) → 圭 · guī · jade tablet 窬 (literal) → 窬 · yú · hole in a wall

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

    created sense