贫无立锥
pín​wú​lì​zhuī

absolutely destitute

  • created sense approved 贫无立锥/貧無立錐 · pín​wú​lì​zhuī · absolutely destitute — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    贫无立锥 / 貧無立錐

    pín​wú​lì​zhuī

    absolutely destitute

    extremely poor, with not even enough land to stand an awl on; as poor as a church mouse

    贫 (literal) → 贫/貧 · pín · poor 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 立 (literal) → 立 · lì · to stand 锥 (literal) → 锥/錐 · zhuī · awl

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

    created sense