绳枢瓮牖
shéng​shū​wèng​yǒu

shabby dwelling

  • created sense approved 绳枢瓮牖/繩樞甕牖 · shéng​shū​wèng​yǒu · shabby dwelling — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    绳枢瓮牖 / 繩樞甕牖

    shéng​shū​wèng​yǒu

    shabby dwelling

    extremely poor house with a rope for a door hinge and a broken jar for a window; metaphor for extreme poverty

    绳 (literal) → 绳/繩 · shéng · rope 枢 (literal) → 枢/樞 · shū · pivot 瓮牖 (literal) → 瓮牖/甕牖 · wèng​yǒu · shabby window

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

    created sense