箪瓢屡空
dān​piáo​lǚ​kōng

stark poverty

  • created reference approved 箪瓢屡空/簞瓢屢空 → 箪瓢屡罄/簞瓢屢罄 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    箪瓢屡空 / 簞瓢屢空 dān​piáo​lǚ​kōng

    箪瓢屡罄 / 簞瓢屢罄 dān​piáo​lǚ​qìng

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 箪瓢屡空/簞瓢屢空 · dān​piáo​lǚ​kōng · stark poverty — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    箪瓢屡空 / 簞瓢屢空

    dān​piáo​lǚ​kōng

    stark poverty

    Living in extreme poverty; often used to describe someone who lacks even basic food and drink.

    dān​piáo​lǚ​kòng

    箪 (bound) → 箪/簞 · dān · rice basket 瓢 (literal) → 瓢 · piáo · dipper 屡 (literal) → 屡/屢 · lǚ · repeatedly 空 (literal) → 空 · kōng · empty

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

    created sense