赤貧如洗
chì​pín​rú​xǐ

utterly destitute

  • created sense approved 赤贫如洗/赤貧如洗 · chì​pín​rú​xǐ · utterly destitute — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    赤贫如洗 / 赤貧如洗

    chì​pín​rú​xǐ

    utterly destitute

    (idiom) in extreme poverty; penniless; to be as poor as if one's house had been washed clean

    赤贫 (literal) → 赤贫/赤貧 · chì​pín · utterly destitute 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 洗 (literal) → 洗 · xǐ · to wash

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

    created sense